Talk about going wobbly...she toppled right off the Conservative stage.
Here’s a little secret about Governor Brewer. First off, I like her very much personally. But she was never a Conservative. Back in 2010 she was being seriously challenged in the Primary, and she would have lost. One thing saved her: SB1070, the immigration bill. That bill was championed by Conservatives in the legislature. The same Conservatives she fought and cursed during her term. Overnight she became a Conservative darling, but she really didn’t earn it. However, once she did vote on SB1070, she defended it and I will give her that. That’s how she won the election. That is how she gained her popularity.
She never once thanked the legislature that put that bill in front of her to sign. Most of her other decisions have been moderate at best.