A lokacin da zababben shugaban kasar Barrack Obama ya gana da gwamnonin kasar a birnin Philadelphia a farkon wannan wata, kusan dukkaninsu sun yi tir da hanyar da ta kai wajen taron ‘yancin kai.
Wanda bai yi haka ba shine Gwamna Linda Lingle na jihar Hawaii, jihar da aka haifi Mr. Obama, ya yi wani bangare na kuruciyarsa, kuma ya kai ziyara a karo na uku tun watan Agustan wannan makon. A lokacin, rashin zuwanta nan take ya zama abin zargi a jaridun kasar, lamarin da ya tilasta mata yin watsi da zargin da ake mata na yin watsi da zababben shugaban kasar.
Yanzu, yayin da Mr. Obama, da iyalansa da wasu makusantansa suka shafe sauran mako a birnin Oahu, wasu na ganin cewa an matsa wa Gwamna Lingle ya gyara abin da ake gani.
Sai dai shirin ganawa tsakanin gwamnan da Mista Obama ko kuma memba na ma'aikatan mika mulki - ra'ayin da gwamnan ya yi ta shawagi a 'yan makonnin da suka gabata - ba a tsara shi ba, a cewar sakataren yada labaran Ms. Lingle, Russell Pang.
Mista Pang ya kuma ce, idan har gwamnan ba ya tattaunawa da Mr. Obama ido-da-ido a lokacin zamansa, tana da niyyar yin hakan ne a lokacin da ta ziyarci Washington domin taron kungiyar gwamnonin kasa a watan Fabrairu. Ms. Lingle ta ce ta yi tuntubar Valerie Jarrett, mataimakiyar Mr. Obama, game da tsara lokacin da za ta zauna da sabon shugaban yayin tafiyar ta.
Har yanzu, Chuck Freedman, mai magana da yawun jam'iyyar Democratic Party ta Hawaii, ya ba da shawarar cewa watakila wannan makon zai zama lokaci mai kyau na "tiki lounge détente" tsakanin gwamna da zababben shugaba Obama. Ms. Lingle ta yanke shawarar tsallake zaman a Philadelphia "kuskuren dabara ne," in ji shi. "Wataƙila ta iya guje wa watakila ba za ta iya samu ba."
Sai dai a farkon watan Disamba, Ms. Lingle ta sami kanta tana kokawa da yawan sukar da ake yi a editocin jaridu da kuma 'yan Democrat. Shugaban harkokin sadarwarta, Lenny Klompus, ya fada a shafi a cikin Jaridar Star-Bulletin ta Honolulu cewa saura a Hawaii "ba a yi niyya ba a matsayin miyagu ko kuma rashin mutuntawa ta kowace hanya" ga Mista Obama. Da yake ambaton nisan Hawaii daga Gabashin Gabas, Mista Klompus ya rubuta, "tafiyar da ta dauki akalla kwanaki uku cikakku domin gwamnan ya halarci wani taro na mintuna 85."
Kuma a nata bayanan da ta yi a bainar jama'a kan lamarin, gwamna Lingle ta jaddada cewa ta shiga cikin tattaunawar da ake yi na tunkarar gibin kasafin kudi na dalar Amurka biliyan 1.1 na Hawaii.
Amma damuwa a fadar gwamnati a Honolulu bai hana ta yin tafiye-tafiye da yawa zuwa babban yankin don yakin neman zabe a madadin Sanata John McCain a lokacin bazara da kaka ba. (Hakika, Ms. Lingle ta kasance daya daga cikin gomman gwamnoni da ’yan majalisa da suka bar jihohinsu don yakin neman zaben daya daga cikin ‘yan takarar shugaban kasa.)
Bayan taron Philadelphia Ms. Lingle ta sami wasika daga Mr. Obama - mai magana "Dear Linda" - wanda ya fara: "Na san cewa ba za ku iya halartar taron a ranar Talata ba, amma ina neman ku don tabbatar da cewa kun kasance a shirye. .” A cikin wasikar Mr. Obama ya bukace ta da nata ra'ayi kan batutuwan da suka shafi samar da ababen more rayuwa da hadin gwiwar jihohi da tarayya. Gwamnan ya amsa da shawarwarinta da fatan alheri.
To sai dai kuma da lokaci ya yi da za a yi hutun Mr. Obama, wadannan kalaman na iya zama kawai kalmomin da ‘yan siyasar biyu suka yi mu’amala da su kafin a rantsar da Mr. Obama kuma ya zama shugaban kasar na farko haifaffen Hawaii.
Da kuma maganar alakar shugaban kasa na gaba da Aloha Jiha — Gwamna Lingle bai taka leda ba daidai lokacin da yake yiwa Mr. McCain yakin neman zabe, amma ofishin babban taron jihar da yawon bude ido ya yi matukar farin ciki da nuna su a yanzu.
