Unbridled Speculation
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 said yesterday.
Now, here's the tea leaves:
- Napolitano would beat McCain in 2010.
- Obama met with McCain on Monday.
- McCain indicated he plans to run for re-election yesteday.
- And now Napolitano is apparently joining the cabinet -- taking her out of 2010 contention, making McCain's path easier.
And here's my speculation: on Monday, Obama and McCain may have struck some sort of a deal involving McCain offering his support on a key legislative initiative in exchange for Obama taking Napalitano out of the running for McCain's senate seat. The most likely policy area for such a deal would be energy. Despite his election year conversion to drill, drill, drill, McCain has been among the more progressive GOPers on energy policy, so it's possible that he actually would be in favor of geting something done.
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