The Daily Beast has this item on how President Barack Obama’s two favored candidates — Gov. Neil Abercrombie and Sen. Brian Schatz — may be in trouble in his home state of Hawaii.

Excerpt:

Hawaiians seem set to turn their backs on Abercrombie; he trailed his previously little-known opponent, state Sen. David Ige, by nearly 20 points ahead of Saturday’s Democratic primary. That same day, Brian Schatz, whom Abercrombie appointed to the Senate in 2012 to replace the legendary Daniel Inouye, will face challenger Colleen Hanabusa, a congresswoman long groomed to be Inouye’s successor.

Obama voiced his support for Schatz all the way back in March, calling him “The right choice to continue delivering for Hawaii,” and at the time The Washington Post called the endorsement one of the few big enough to move the needle in a competitive election.

But a poll released Monday gave Hanabusa a 3-point lead, after she had trailed for much of the campaign.

Political analysts say Saturday’s election could end in a result rarely seen in American politics: an incumbent president making not one but two endorsements in a primary in his home state (or one of them, at least) and losing both.

U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz and President Barack Obama.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand

It’s an interesting but odd piece.

The Daily Beast calls us all “Hawaiians,” a common mainland mistake.

And, in fact, the latest Honolulu Star-Advertiser and Hawaii News Now poll has Hanabusa up by eight points over Schatz, not three.

Civil Beat’s own polls show the reverse, with Schatz up by eight. And we have Ige ahead of Abercrombie by 10.

Wild cards:

• Will hurricane-turned-tropical-storm Iselle alter plans for tomorrow’s primary?
• Will voter turnout be a casualty?
• Will Neil “Real Time” Abercrombie gain votes through his near ubiquitous appearances on local media as Hawaii’s top elected official leading the storm response?