Napolitano to head Homeland Security

Via the Washington Post:

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

Napolitano, 50, was an early supporter of Obama and was the only sitting governor and current elected official tapped to serve on his 12-member transition advisory board.

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. Term limits would prevent her from running again.

Napolitano -- a former U.S. attorney for Arizona and state attorney general, and the first woman in both posts -- was said also to be a candidate for attorney general. Her fate became clearer once Obama tapped his campaign co-chairman and former Justice Department official Eric H. Holder Jr. as his top choice to head the Justice Department this week.

DC's gain is Arizona's loss. Sure would be nice to see this match-up:

If the 2010 election for U.S. Senate were held today for whom would you vote for if the choices were between Janet Napolitano the Democrat and John McCain the Republican?

McCain (R) 45
Napolitano (D) 53