The memo that came out from the Department of Homeland Security this week still troubles me. The thought that those who were considered patriotic Americans for over 200 years are now thought to be potential subversives is disturbing. How could we get this way so fast? Just a couple of months ago, patriotic Americans were celebrated. Now, they are looked at as potential terrorists. There is something wrong with that picture. What happened in the intervening time to cause that to happen? Two things happened since January to cause these events to happen; the swearing in of Barack Hussein Obama and the selection of Janet Napolitano as the head of the Department of Homeland Security.

When Janet Napolitano was selected as the head of Homeland Security, I did not think that she was the right person for the job. I was more concerned about her lack of concern for the borders and said so at the time. She was at best a poor Governor of Arizona. She did almost everything wrong and in a ham handed way. That is the way she has been handling the Department of Homeland Security.

Way back in the dark ages when I was in college, there was a book called the Peter Principle. The Peter Principle said that people rise to their level of incompetence. It was talking about their rise in the business world, but it also applies to politics. The difference is that in politics, you can fool the public into voting for you, even if you are incompetent. Just look at Maxine Waters, she has to be the least intelligent person in the Congress. She gets re-elected from her district with wide margins. The same can be said for Barbara Boxer. She has to be the least intelligent person in the Senate. Yet, she gets re-elected in California. Both have exceeded their Peter Principle level of incompetence by a wide margin.

Janet Napolitano did ok as an Attorney General. She handled the cases fairly and generally there were few complaints. When she became Governor, she was obviously in over her head. She was able to fool the public into voting for her for a second term. Then, she managed to back Barack Obama in the beginning, so she was picked for Homeland Security. In Homeland Security, she has no clue how to run the department with any degree of efficiency. This report that defames veterans and other patriotic Americans is a result of her incompetence.

Janet Napolitano came out to answer questions about the report yesterday. She made motions toward making amends about the report, but her only example of a returning veteran was Timothy McVeigh. I am sorry, that is not an apology. She basically said that she agreed with the report and everyone could stick it in their ear. Now she used nice sounding words that will fool the main stream press, but the meaning was unmistakable.

The people responsible for this despicable report, especially Janet Napolitano, should be fired, immediately. Unfortunately, their boss is Barack Obama and he most likely, at the very least, is sympathetic with the thrust of the report. Janet Napolitano will not be fired by Barack Obama unless there is massive public outcry for her to be fired. The good thing about this report is that it opened some people’s eyes. They were fooled by Barack Obama and were still trying to give him a chance. When the report came out and they found out that they were being targeted as possible terrorists, they had the last straw. Now, they will never vote for another Democrat again. That is a good thing. We need to rid ourselves of this Democrat scourge as soon as possible. I just hope we are not too late in riding ourselves of this problem.

The news is out that Janet Napolitano will be the new head of Homeland Security in the Obama administration. That is good for Arizona. We will be rid of a bad Governor. The Department of Homeland Security will get the benefit of her lack of ability, but someone has to suffer her inadequacies.

For Arizona that is a real plus. We get rid of a Governor that does not understand anything about running a state. Jan Brewer gets to step up from Secretary of State to Governor. Jan Brewer will make an excellent Governor. She will be able to work with the legislature and solve the problems caused by Napolitano’s lack of ability. Janet Napolitano was never able to effectively work with the legislature on anything. The legislature had to fight her every step of the way. So, the problems of Arizona got worse and Napolitano tried to make us into California East. We are not as liberal as California, nor do I believe we will ever be as liberal as California. The urban population in California is so much greater in relation to their rural population than we have here in Arizona. The rural population will always be more conservative than the more liberal urban areas. This is true, even though Arizona has more people living within city limits than any other state in the country.

That changes the politics of Arizona in 2010 in a big way. We will now have an incumbent Governor. The incumbent usually wins in Arizona. That means the Republican Party will most likely control the Governor’s office after the 2010 election. It also bodes well for the other races in the state. Having an incumbent Governor heading the ticket will bring out Republican voters and that will mean Republicans will continue to control the State House and Senate. It will also mean problems for the Democrats running for re-election in Republican leaning districts like Harry Mitchell. The Democrats in those districts will have a hard time holding onto their seats if the Republicans come out to support Jan Brewer for Governor. John McCain will also be on the ballot. Right now, he is planning on running again. He has always been popular in the state and should also make it difficult on Democrats in House seats.

The job of the Republican Party here in Arizona is to recruit good, no the best, candidate they can find to run in each seat that has a Democrat or will be an open seat. If they do find excellent candidates, the chance of increasing the Republican presence in Phoenix and in Washington is great. If they fumble around and have just anyone run for these offices, Democrats will hold onto them.

I live in an area that is strongly Republican. The only Democrat that even dared to run in the past 8 years decided that he had had enough. That means that the Republican primary is the vote to determine who will sit in the seats in Phoenix and Washington in my area. We have had good to excellent candidates in my district. In a neighboring State House district, the Republican candidate did get in a dust-up over a campaign sign. That will most likely go to court.

I do see signs of a Republican resurgence in 2010 in Arizona. I am not as sure about the rest of the country, as I am not in the rest of the country. But, here in Arizona, things are looking good for Republicans in 2010 and 2012. That is good enough for me, right now. I can hope for more, but I can only do what I can locally. I will have to let the national chips fall where they may. Locally, I can have an impact on whether the party grows or dies. If I have my way, the Republican Party will get all the votes in my district in 2010 and 2012. That is unrealistic, but a goal to shoot for.