Plenty of ethusiasm and good spirits this morning as Hawaii’s Democrats get into the first full day of their state convention.

Former Honolulu Councilman Arnold Morgado is patiently chairing a session on rules and platform resolutions. There’s little to battle over, but delegates are having a good time anyway, debating finer points of parliamentary rules. Consider it a test run of delegate discipline for bigger stakes votes to come.

There was adoption of a new rule designed to  generate fresh money for the  people-rich but cash-poor  party . A proposal for mandatory party dues was set aside but a new plan to ask for a “voluntary” contribution of $25 per party member was accepted. If enough of those thousands of new party members drawn  in by the Barak Obama candidacy get the message, there will be lots of dough in the party treasury.

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