corner.nationalreview.com - 11/20/2008
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The still-forming Obama administration seems intent on revisiting many controversies of the past. We already have Eric Holder and the Marc Rich pardon. Now, with the floating of Janet Napolitano's name, we get to revisit the Anita Hill controversy.
Recall that one of the so-called ...
Election Central Morning Roundup
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/19/2008 — Report: McCain To Run For Re-Election In 2010
John McCain will reportedly run for re-election to the Senate in 2010. This could end up being a big race in the coming cycle, after polling from just before the 2008 election showed he could lose ...
Janet Napolitano: Homeland Security Secretary?
huffingtonpost.com 11/20/2008 — CNN is reporting Wednesday night that Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano is leading the running to become Obama's secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
President-elect Barack Obama's top choice for secretary of homeland security is Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, multiple ...
Napolitano Picked for Homeland Security
politicalwire.com 11/20/2008 — CNN reports that President-elect Obama has chosen Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) to be Secretary of Homeland Security pending further vetting by the transition team.
Napolitano Thoughts
corner.nationalreview.com 11/20/2008 — I can see why Obama would ask Arizona Gov. Janet Naplitano to head Homeland Security -- she's about as close as any Democrat governor can get to appearing hawkish on illegal immigration. Of course, there's little substance to that appearance -- yes, ...
Napolitano To DHS; Skeletor To Be Buried
emptywheel.firedoglake.com 11/20/2008 — As most of you know, I firmly supported Janet Napolitano for Attorney General and the new alarm administration. It looks as if Eric Holder will be in the Attorney General instead, but it CNN has just announced that Napolitano will be the choice for ...
Cabinet speculation: the succession factor
marcambinder.theatlantic.com 11/21/2008 — Upon hearing the other night that AZ Gov. Janet Napolitano was the likely DHS pick, my first thought was about the curiosity that Obama just handed Republicans a governor's office. Arizona has no lieutenant governor, and so Napolitano's successor, if ...
Napolitano Set For Homeland Security? —
The Moderate Voice
Word coming in today is that Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano is set to be President-Elect Obama’s choice for Homeland Security Chief. Word is that she is interested.
This is a somewhat logical choice given her background as a border-state governor and her work with Republicans in ...
Questions re Janet Napolitano —
The Reality-Based Community
President-elect Obama has tapped Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano to become the new Secretary of Homeland Security. It seems to be a good choice: Napolitano is smart, politically experienced, and apparently did a wonderful job both as US Attorney in Arizona and as that state's Attorney ...
Oddly Excited about Napolitano —
Open Left - Front Page
Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano is going to be taking over Homeland Security. Aside from its creepy and completely unwarranted name, DHS is a total bureaucratic mess, a junior varsity version of the Defense Department. I really like Napolitano and I hope she can clean it up. ...
The Napolitano Future —
Matthew Yglesias
There’s some interest in what becoming Homeland Security Secretary would mean for Janet Napolitano’s prospects as a Senate candidate. I would imagine that it will only mean good things. Nothing about running DHS prevents her from running for Senate in 2010 or, indeed, from ...
Napolitano to head Homeland Security —
Daily Kos
Via the Washington Post : Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D), a border-state governor whose handling of immigration and homeland security issues brought her accolades from fellow governors, is President-elect Barack Obama's choice to serve as secretary of homeland security, Democratic sources ...
Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano To Head Homeland Security —
JustOneMinute
From the WaPo: Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D), whose handling of immigration issues brought her accolades from fellow governors, is President-elect Barack Obama's choice to serve as secretary of homeland security, Democratic sources said late Wednesday. As a border state...
McCain lauds nomination of Napolitano —
Jonathan Martin's Blog
It's not official yet, but John McCain is only too happy to see his governor, Janet Napolitano, in the Obama cabinet and out of contention for his Senate seat, which is up in 2010.
The statement from his Senate office today:
Today, Senator McCain called and congratulated Governor Janet ...
Dammit, Janet, I Love You —
Hit & Run
If Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano actually becomes Secretary of Homeland Security, as President-elect Obama seems to desire... well, we could do worse. The first DHS secretary, Tom Ridge, struck me (I only met him twice) as a smart guy who really didn't understand his portfolio and was being ...
Napolitano to the Cabinet —
Ben Smith's Blog
Mike Allen reported last night that Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano will take over the Department of Homeland Security. A border state governor, she'd be responsible for implementing a messy immigration policy that doesn't seem on the brink of change.
Other outlets have reported that Obama ...
Napolitano picked for Homeland Security —
The Reaction
By Michael J.W. Stickings President-elect Obama has reportedly chosen Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano to be Secretary of Homeland Security. Napolitano, one of Obama's most prominent supporters during the primaries, has been a hugely popular and successful governor of a border state: ...
Napolitano Likely to be First DHS Secretary —
Political Punch
ABC News can report that Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano has emerged as President-elect Barack Obama's top pick to be Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. The job is still not a done deal, but the border-state governor is as...
ThinkFast: November 20, 2008 —
Think Progress
Politico reports that President-elect Obama has chosen Gov. Janet Napolitano (D-AZ) to serve as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security . Napolitano is a border governor who “brings law-and-order experience from her stint as the Grand Canyon State’s first female attorney ...
Napolitano To Head Homeland Security —
TalkLeft
So sez Politico : Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) has been chosen to serve as secretary of the vast and troubled Department of Homeland Security for President-elect Obama, Democratic officials said. Napolitano is a border governor who will now be responsible for immigration policy and ...
Napolitano to Homeland Security —
Outside The Beltway | OTB
Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, widely touted as an Attorney General candidate, has instead been tabbed to be Barack Obama’s Homeland Security secretary.
Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano has been chosen to be secretary of the vast and troubled Department of Homeland Security. Photo: AP ...
Pritzker and Napolitano —
Matthew Yglesias
The latest buzz is Janet Napolitano for Homeland Security and Penny Pritzger for Secretary of Commerce . Pritzker fits firmly into the model of giving the job to a friend of the president’s so he can have a buddy in the cabinet. Not really sure how that tradition came into place, but ...
Napolitano to Homeland Security —
Balloon Juice
Another pick for the Obama team :
Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) has been chosen to serve as secretary of the vast and troubled Department of Homeland Security for President-elect Obama, Democratic officials said. Napolitano is a border governor who will now be responsible for ...
In Transition: Janet Napolitano —
Wash Post Federal Page
JANET NAPOLITANO Current job: Governor of Arizona (D). Credentials: Former U.S. attorney and state attorney general; first woman to head of the National Governors Association; lawyer for Anita Hill in her sexual harassment case against Clarence ...
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