Napolitano

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Janet Napolitano is currently the democratic governor of Arizona, a
conservative state which voted for its own senator John McCain for
president. Napolitano is being tapped for the leadership of Homeland
Security.

Upon her departure, Jan Brewer, republican secretary of state, will
assume the governorship. Napolitano has had her finger in the dike of
conservative legislation. With Brewer in the saddle, that flood will
likely flow. There are democrats in the state assembly but not enough
to prevent the right from flowering. It has been suggested that Barack
Obama offer Jan Brewer a spot in his administration, thereby showing
bi-partisanship and freeing state attorney-general Terry Goddard, a
democrat, to fill the governor's chair for the remaining two years of
the current term. This should be enough to keep the balance till the
next election, at which time, Goddard would be a likely candidate.
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