WaPo: Napolitano for Homeland Security Secretary

[Coexist]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/20/AR2008112000050.html?wpisrc=newsletter

Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D), whose handling of immigration issues brought her accolades from fellow governors, is President-elect Barack Obama's choice to serve as secretary of homeland security, Democratic sources said late Wednesday.

Napolitano, 50, was an early supporter of Obama and was the only elected official tapped to serve on his transition team. She was reelected in 2006 to a second term as governor of Arizona, the home state of Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee in the race against Obama. Napolitano previously served as U.S. attorney and state attorney general for Arizona; she was the first woman in both of those posts.

Napolitano's selection was made pending vetting, sources said, and was first reported by CNN.

The governor's spokeswoman, Jeanine L'Ecuyer, said Napolitano had no comment.

[MadHound]

1. I was sincerely hoping that Obama would eliminate this position

Doesn't bode well for his turning the clock back on the vast expansion of executive branch powers that his predecessor implemented. Oh well, I suppose we can learn to live without the Constitution under an Obama administration too.

[wildflower]

2. I would love this, BUT...

Arizona has so few Democrats left after the recent election.