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Arizona’s looming electoral clash
Wandering a bit through the West — and in preparation of Political Notebook’s impending vacation — let’s take an early look at what could the region’s hottest U.S. Senate race, after Ken Salazar’s re-election bid, that is: the possible electoral tussle between Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano and Republican Sen. John McCain.
Barring a Cabinet appointment, as The Fix points out, Napolitano is widely expected to run against the failed 2008 GOP presidential candidate: “Those familiar with Napolitano’s thinking believe that a challenge to McCain is a real possibility, and that the rapid growth in the state — largely via the influx of political independents and political moderates — could accrue to her benefit in a clash of political titans.”
Both pols are popular in their home states and throughout the region — as evinced by their headline events in Grand Junction earlier this year.
What do you think?
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UPDATE: Apparently we spoke too soon. Still feel free to vote. Consider an exercise in armchair quarterbacking.
*McCain, Napolitano photos from The Daily Sentinel archives.
Comments
By Bernie
November 20, 2008 11:01 AM | Link to this
Holy Sahuaro Batman !
Just let the poor loser RETIRE in peace,
Bernie