Ariz. guv emerges for Homeland Security job — Newsday.com
WASHINGTON - Democratic officials say that Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano is a leading contender for the job of secretary of homeland security in President-elect Barack Obama’s administration.
Well, I certainly feel more secure in the homeland now, don’t you?
Napolitano vetoes bill on police role in immigration
Gov. Janet Napolitano vetoed a measure Monday that would have required local law enforcement to work with federal authorities on immigration enforcement.
UPDATE (by martinra): Found via All-American Blogger, some commentary from Conservatism Today, an Arizona blogger:
A couple ways to look at this one. First off, it’s a tremendous positive for my state of Arizona. Napolitano has helped bankrupt our local government, yet she is somehow the only electable Democrat in the state when it comes to national office. The loss of Napolitano almost guarantees that Arizona will retain its two Republican Senate seats for the near future.
However, Arizona’s gain is America’s loss. The new person in charge of homeland security has failed miserably to protect her own state from foreign invasion on a massive level. The fact that Obama could select someone who is perhaps America’s worst offender when it comes to homeland insecurity says more about his future amnesty plans than any speech and any denial he could ever make.
Sounds like some more failing upwards is in progress…
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Born and raised in AZ, and I can tell you that Napolitano is a crook and a liar, in addition to a socialist nutbag. Sorry, maybe that was a bit redundant.
As much as I would love to see her go so we could get a sane person into the governor’s office, the thought of her being put in charge of National Security makes me cringe. Maybe if she were appointed and then immediately fired… either way, I agree fully with the assessment put forward by that blogger at Conservatism Today.
if Napolitano’s years of experience neglecting to secure the Mexico-AZ border are any indication, then she’s on track to do a horrendous job securing the whole country
Depends on your goals. If you think the idea of nationalism is outdated and you want lots of new
residentssoon-to-be voters who are used to lots of government controls, she’s likely to do a bang-up job.