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McCain Praises Napolitano Pick

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Arizona, McCain

Why?

Well, this surely isn’t the only reason, but he’s up for reelection in 2012 and Napolitano was seen as his chief rival. Now, for all intents and purposes, she’s off the table unless she wants to leave the DHS after a few years and start running for the Senate. That’s certainly not unthinkable, but definitely not as likely as if she stayed Governor.

In any event, here’s his statement from The Page:

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) today commended the announcement of Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano as top contender for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and made the following statement:

Today, Senator McCain called and congratulated Governor Janet Napolitano on her emergence as top contender for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Senator McCain said “Governor Napolitano’s experience as the former U.S. Attorney for Arizona, Arizona’s Attorney General, and as Governor warrants her rapid confirmation by the Senate and I hope she is quickly confirmed.” Senator McCain looks forward to working with her throughout the nomination process.

By the way…so far everybody’s playing nice during this process and we’re definitely still in that honeymoon period. But…when do you think the other shoe will drop? Will it be a policy matter or a staffing selection?

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One Response to “McCain Praises Napolitano Pick”

  1. Ron Chusid Says:
    November 20th, 2008 at 6:07 pm

    There has been at least one poll out showing that Napolitano would beat McCain in a hypothetical match up.

    This is hardly predictive. Republicans will probably do better in 2010 than this year considering they won’t have Bush in office dragging them down and opposition parties generally pick up seats in off year elections. The negativism of McCain’s 2008 campaign might also be forgotten.

    While McCain can certainly win despite trailing Napolitano in the poll, this certainly would be motivation for McCain to get her out of the governor’s office.

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