This is a long profile of Arizona’s Republican Secretary of State Jan Brewer.  After reading it, you’ll wish it was longer.  She’ll just strike you as a commonsense leader that you want to get to know better.  Arizona will truly benefit from having her experience and wisdom as Governor.  From The Arizona Republic:

Now, with Gov. Janet Napolitano’s likely departure to become Homeland Security secretary in Barack Obama’s administration, this may be Brewer’s time in the spotlight.

She’s not ready to take a bow – yet – declining to comment about the governor’s job until she hears from the current occupant of the Ninth Floor at the Capitol Executive Tower.

If she becomes Arizona’s 22nd governor, she won’t need a map to the office.

“Jan is great organizer, and she’s a real politico,” said Pat Wright, who served with Brewer in the Legislature in the mid-1980s through the early ’90s and remains a friend.

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