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Today Hawaii visitors to Politico couldn’t miss two eye-catching ads promoting the gubernatorial campaign of Lt. Gov. James “Duke” Aiona.

Titled “Rise & Shine Hawai’i With the Ideas of Duke Aiona,” the online banner campaign features blue sky and beaches (and an upside-down okina in the word “Hawaii”).

Click on the ads and you are sent to RiseAndShineHI.com, where one can find TV and radio spots on clean energy, an audit of the Hawaii Department of Education and Aiona’s experience building the Hawaii Drug Court.

Each ad includes a quote from the candidate himself (e.g., “Clean energy is not an option, it’s a necessity”).

Other issues addressed on the website include Aiona’s views on public safety, jobs and the economy, transportation, the environment and affordable housing.

The ads are paid for by the Republican Governors Association and are not authorized by Aiona.

RiseAndShineHI.com has links that allow folks to follow the site on Twitter and Facebook — although the Republican Governors Association can’t be happy with tweets like this one from MSNBC political analyst Chuck Todd: “RGA so flush with cash that they can roll the dice on a semi-long shot race like #higov? http://bit.ly/cejJqu.”

The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza had this to tweet, however: “As Hawaii Democrats battle, RGA goes up with ads http://bit.ly/cVGqJZ.”

Speaking of Duke Aiona and the Internet, the governor hopeful is mentioned in a Daily Kos story posted today titled “American Taliban, Hawaii edition: Only Republicans (and Christians) can be righteous.”

Be sure to check out the more than 100 comments that have already been posted about the article in the “Discuss” link at the article’s end.