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Posted on 05/02/2011 4:52:15 AM PDT by Scanian
PHOENIX | Before there was Scott Walker, Rick Scott, Nathan Dealor Nikki Haley, there was Arizona’s Jan Brewer — the original Republican protest governor, going toe-to-toe with the Obama administration over immigration, fighting the White House in the courtroom and becoming an early symbol of states’ frustration with the White House.
Now five months into her first elected term, Arizona’s top politician is once again challenging President Obama. This time, she is asking him not only to keep the National Guard on the border past its scheduled departure in June, but to boost its numbers to provide more security.
“I think the National Guard should be there until everything is resolved and we have a secure border, which means probably having the National Guard down there, you know, and probably more than what he has put down there,” Mrs. Brewer told The Washington Times in a broad interview in her Phoenix office, just after the state’s legislative session ended late last month.
Overall, there is a renewed focus on states as key actors in the American system of government, as they confront budget crises and try to manage their parts of the social safety net, all while trying to live up to Justice Louis Brandeis’ vision of them as laboratories of democracy.
Fueled by tea party power, freshman governors also have clashed with the Obama administration over issues including collective-bargaining rights for public employees and mandates for health care.
In the abstract, the Obama administration should be open to states’ concerns, what with the Cabinet including several former governors — Arizona’s Janet A. Napolitano at Homeland Security, Kansas’ Kathleen Sebelius at HHS, Washington’s Gary F. Locke at Commerce and Iowa’s Thomas J. Vilsack at Agriculture.
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Brewer blinked—Game over.
Why is Brewer turning left and vetoing everything she once stood for?
How do you figure that?
Just guessing but May be she is jockying for position -doing the dance in case the legal action by Osama(Obama Freudian slip) produces evil fruit. IF the Court sides with the evil Jin in the White House maybe the Judge will look more favorably on AZ if Jan makes nice?
Such as?
Her two recent vetoes—Just another RINO.
Birth certificate and concealed carry rights come to mind. What next - illegal immigration?
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