Barack Obama's top choice for secretary of homeland security is Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano

[kpete]

Source: CNN

Barack Obama's top choice for secretary of homeland security is Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, multiple sources say

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/index.html

[tekisui]

1. I like it!

[Gopens]

32. Nothing against the AZ governor ...

.. but I was kinda sorta hoping Obama would do away with that entire department. Could save a penny or two.

[Hekate]

37. IF he wants to do it, he has to have someone in charge of the dismantling.

At the very, very least I really want the name "Homeland Anything" tossed on the ash heap of history with "Fatherland."

Hekate

[aquart]

41. You, too? I never want to hear the word "homeland" again.

Call it Domestic Security. The Republicans will vote to kill it because it sounds girly.

[Pirate Smile]

2. Also, Commerce Secretary - Obama's national finance chairwoman, Penny Pritzker

[MarianJack]

6. We've heard a (very) little buzz here in Maine...

...that he may ask our republican Senator, Olympia Snowe, to take Commerce.

It would give our Democratic Governor a chance to appoint a replacement. I've also heard that Olympia is getting a little tired in the Senate, although she may feel a little less so since the extreme right is out of power as of January.

[ClarkUSA]

3. If true, after two years she can step down and take McCain's Senate seat.

And the fact that she's gay is icing on the cake.

[DesertRat]

15. How do you know her sexual orientation?

She's never identified herself as being gay.

Also, stepping down and "taking McCain's seat" is not as easy as it sounds. I think that she'd be in a much better position to do that if she stayed here and governed the state.

[ClarkUSA]

16. Um, I thought everyone knew.

:shrug:

[blondeatlast]

19. She's never claimed one way or the other and if it doesn't bother Arizonans

it's no one's gd business.

And it doesn't bother us in the least, btw.

[ClarkUSA]

23. WTH are you so defensive?

I could care less what you think or what bothers you.

[blondeatlast]

27. Why did you even mention it? If deep red AZ doesn't care about her sex life,

why sould you or anyone else?

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[ClarkUSA]

46. It should be obvious to anyone who passed sixth grade reading comprehension.

My previous heartfelt response to your bizarre questioning got deleted due to intervention from a nattering busybody
with terribly tender sensibilities, so I suggest you Cheney off while the going's good.

[Bobbieo]

28. I don't know and I don't care and she is my governor.

[ClarkUSA]

31. Good for you.

That's as it should be.

[DesertRat]

20. Um, apparently not.

If she is, she's most definately in the closet and hiding any same sex partners very well. And none of us here care about her personal life anyway.

[ClarkUSA]

25. Hmmm...

Gov. Crist is in the same closet. And no one cares in Florida, either.

[marybourg]

22. and in fact, I've heard her

deny explicitly that she's gay. She doesn't support same-sex marriage, but opposed our proposition which was similar to prop 8, but only because she didn't believe amending the AZ constitution was appropriate and we already have a statute forbidding gay marriage. So - great, yes. Gay, likely not.

[ClarkUSA]

29. Not surprising.

What do you expect her to say? In a state like Arizona, no less. BTW, FL Gov. Crist has made the same denials and the same
policy positions and he is gay, too. No one cares there, either. It's not a big deal and shouldn't be a big deal.

[Me.]

4. YES

So long skeletor

[AspenRose]

5. Wow...there's one I didn't see coming!

I knew they'd offer her something, though. She's a great talent.

[Skwmom]

7. She was named the DLC New Democrat of the Week in September.

Wow, she must be good.

[Lorien]

10. Ugh. That's more than a little stomach churning

"change" means just rolling things back eight years. It'll be better than it was under BushCo, but it may not save America-or even the species.

[ClarkUSA]

33. Gov. Richardson is DLC, too.

Unfortunately, that seems to be a prerequisite to being elected as a western red state Democrat (NM only turned blue this year).
But both governors are loyal Obama supporters and will toe Obama's line gladly if asked to serve under him.

[cali]

36. lol. you don't know anything about her obviously

and the absurd notion that that everyone associated with the DLC is some kind of Nazi boogyman (or woman) beyond pathetic.

[TheWraith]

38. San Fran mayor Gavin Newsom is a DLC member.

If that doesn't derail the "DLC as secret Republicans" train, I'm not sure what would.

[FrenchieCat]

8. CNN rumor?

[bluestateguy]

9. It's a rumor based on "sources" who are too cowardly to go on record

I'm really getting fed up with this.

[az chela]

11. Drop that knife and back away from the drawer

YOU CANNOT HAVE OUR GOVERNOR>NO WAY NO HOW

[DesertRat]

17. I think that Bruce Babbit was pretty good too

:hi:

[blondeatlast]

26. And Raul Castro (I've been here a LONG time...!) nt

[DesertRat]

34. Yes, Castro too. I've been here a long time also. n/t

[liberalla]

44. I don't want her to go either! Damn it!

He could appoint her or call upon her in 2010, if he's got to have her.

[midnight]

12. Why the HELL do we need this agency? It is a BOOSH

catastrophy!

[Uncle Joe]

49. That's the trillion dollar question.

Maybe it's because as nation we're rapidly becoming a corporate run police state, this explains the need for prisons for profit.

[DesertRat]

13. No, please don't take our Governor!

If Napolitano leaves we are stuck with the Sec. of State, right wing nutcase Jan Brewer. :puke:

[az chela]

14. My point exactly

Leave Janet alone.She is the best governor we have ever had

[Sebass1271]

18. WHY DO you guys think she will be good for that

cabinet? Does she have any experience in Homeland Security? Also, is she Hispanic American?

[blondeatlast]

24. "You guys?" Who is "you guys?" And, um, Napolitano--not Hispanic. Why do you think that?

Napolitano--not too hard to figure out she's of ITALIAN descent...

[MilesColtrane]

45. The only connection I see in a cursory search is...

...her help in the federal investigation of OKC bombing accomplice Michael Fortier while she was U.S. attorney for the District of Arizona.

Other than that, I would think she has some experience in the areas of customs and immigrations being a governor of a border state.

I don't know how much the annual budget of the State of Arizona is, but I would guess that DHS, at 52 billion dollars last year, is many times that amount.

I really wanted to see Richard Clarke get DHS Secretary, as he tried like hell in vain to get Bush to pay attention to Al Queda. And, he's been the only federal official that I know of to have the sack to publicly apologize face to face to the families of the victims of 9/11.

[blondeatlast]

21. Agreed--the last thing we need with our crappy leggies is our own Katharine Harris.

Crapcrapcrapcrapcrapcrap.

[thatsrightimirish]

35. sucks if you live in Arizona

They get a republican governor

[RamboLiberal]

48. That's what bugs me

I'm against taking a governor when it installs a Repuke as a replacement.

[AndrewP]

39. I like this choice

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15815.html

[2QT2BSTR8]

40. Form your own opinion-as a former native of Arizona - I think she just needs to come on out..

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2006-11-02/news/reality-check/


http://veepwatch.voluntarytrade.org/vp/?p=73

[Tansy_Gold]

42. Uh, you can't be a "former native"

You can be a "former resident," but you can't change where you were born.

By the way,

I'm a native Illini and a very happy transplant to Arizona. I'd prefer to keep our Janet right here thankyouverymuch. She's a great counter to all the wingnuts running around our state govt.


Tansy Gold

[DesertRat]

51. And the real Natives here are the Indians. n/t

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

43. I loved her in Concrete Blonde!

.

[Bake]

47. That pretty much makes it unanimous.

DUers have carped about every Obama appointment so far.

Bake

[DesertRat]

50. We think she'd be a great choice for Obama's cabinet

But we hate to get a GOP right wing wacko as our replacement governor. :scared: