Posted on 02/25/2012 1:31:14 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Reporting from Washington Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer indicated Saturday that she's likely to endorse one of the Republican presidential candidates before her state's primary election on Tuesday.
Speaking with reporters at the National Governors Assn. meeting in Washington, Brewer first said that she would definitely announce an endorsement before Tuesday, perhaps even as soon as Sunday. But then she hedged, saying, "If I get all my answers."
"I'm pondering," she said. "It's always a difficult decision when you know all of them so well."
Brewer said she spoke with each of the four major hopefuls before Wednesday's nationally-televised debate in her state. She said she would have liked to have seen a more thorough discussion of illegal immigration during the event, and that the candidates "are pretty much saying the same thing."
But she did single Newt Gingrich out for his statement that he would want to work with border governors to deal with the issue.
Brewer is scheduled to appear on NBC's "Meet The Press" on Sunday, along with California Gov. Jerry Brown.
Brewer said she would not be attending a formal dinner at the White House that night being hosted for all of the governors, one month after a heated tarmac discussion with the president when he visited the state. But she would attend a working meeting with her fellow governors at the White House on Monday.
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She should endorse no one. Nikkei Haley endorsed Mittens, who then lost her state, and left tea party supporters enraged. She should let the process play out.
I agree. Brewer isn’t a hard core conservative to begin with, and she’ll ‘endorse’ whoever she can get the most out of.
She should either not endorse or endorse Newt so he can make 10% for the delegates. Newt was the only person who took up for Jan in the finger waving incident.
You are correct, they are not the majority. But they are a voting bloc large enough they can't be ignored, at least on the Republican side. I would bet they will vote Mott at a 95% rate, and they are sizable.
AZ is winner-take-all. No one gets any delegates but the #1, just like in FL.
The fact that she’s waiting to endorse just shows that she is waiting to see who the polls show the winner will be so she can pick the winner. This will add to the long list of people who clearly like Newt the best but endorse Romney, or perhaps Santorum in this case, because of a perceived political or financial benefit for themselves.
I’d be more interested to know who Sheriff Joe Arapio was supporting.
Yeah ... three months ago he said his office in February would reveal their findings on a background check of Obummer. As February approached it was delayed to March 1st.
OK Sheriff Joe ... what's your next fall back date?
That would be brave, principled and draw a lot of attention to her and border security. Sealing the border should be her main focus and Newt (with Perry's and the other gov's direction) will seal the border, kill off the cartels and NO amnesty.
If she endorses anyone but Newt, she will look like a party puppet -- another Janet Napolitano.
I've been curious about Joe.
I’ve been curious about Joe too....do you know if Brewer has actually followed through and endorsed someone yet?
:-(
*sigh*
Thanks for update.
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