Word is Janet Napolitano, the impressive governor of Arizona, will be heading up the Department of Homeland Security. This would be a good moment to read Dana's profile of Napolitano. And her post on Napolitano and Homeland Security. This means that a Republican will probably take Arizona's governorship, but as Matt points out, "she’s getting out as governor of Arizona while the going is still good. Being a governor of any state in 2009 is going to be ugly. It’s going to be all about cutting spending and raising taxes, while dealing with increased demand for public assistance and in all likelihood rising crime rates. Arizona was a major real estate bubble state, so it’s going to be especially unfun." Though that said, DHS is really, really screwed up. Napolitano's got a big job ahead of her.
