Topic - Jan Brewer

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  GOLDBERG: Political finger-pointing

  Jesse Jackson is right. In response to the faceoff in Arizona between President Obama and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer last week, Mr. Jackson said, "Even George Wallace did not put his finger in Dr. King's face." It's true; he didn't. Similarly, not even Joseph Stalin wrote two autobiographies the way Mr. Obama has. And even Genghis Khan didn't have a Swiss bank account the way Mitt Romney did.

• LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama's hostility on display

  President Obama's treatment of Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer last week was outrageous but not surprising ("Arizona tarmac tiff trips Obama campaign," Web, Thursday). Time and again, our president has shown his inability to treat fellow citizens with respect and deference. If anyone thought they could take a street organizer and turn him into a magnanimous statesman, they should realize by now they were dead wrong.

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  Arizona tarmac tiff trips Obama campaign

  President Obama chose an unusual way to begin the campaign year in Arizona, where he hopes to reverse Democrats' losing streak — by getting into a highly public confrontation with the state's Republican governor.

• Inside Politics

  The super PAC that has provided much of the muscle for Mitt Romney's presidential bid spent $5.3 million on Tuesday alone, disclosures filed Wednesday showed. Even in a state with multiple major media markets, the sum will be tough to reckon with.

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  Obama touts economic plan in Iowa

  President Obama focused on positive signs in America's manufacturing sector as he took his State of the Union sales pitch for tax-code changes on the road in a campaign-style swing through five battleground election states.

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  Giffords' decision to resign sets up Arizona race

  The race to replace Rep. Gabrielle Giffords begins in earnest Monday as the Arizona congresswoman's planned resignation sets up a free-for-all in a competitive district.

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  Giffords says she's resigning from Congress

  Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona says on her Facebook page she intends to resign from Congress this week to concentrate on recovering from wounds suffered in an assassination attempt a little more than a year ago.

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  Bill would add Virginia to health care opponents

  A Virginia lawmaker is pushing legislation to add the state to an interstate compact that would exempt members from President Obama's health care overhaul — a budding movement that's providing states across the country with another constitutional weapon to combat the landmark law.

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  EDITORIAL: NIMBY nation

  No one should argue that President Obama underreaches. When the commander in chief says, "not in my backyard," he doesn't mean the South Lawn behind the White House but from sea to shining sea.

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  Grand Canyon uranium put off-limits

  Interior Secretary Kenneth L. Salazar placed a 20-year moratorium Monday on new uranium mining claims in the Grand Canyon region over the objections of Western Republicans, who insisted the ban would deliver an unnecessary blow to the Northern Arizona economy.

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  State cuts to Medicaid affect patients, providers

  Just as Medicaid prepares for a vast expansion under the federal health care overhaul, the 47-year-old entitlement program for the poor is under increasing pressure as deficit-burdened states chip away at benefits and cut payments to doctors.

• State cuts to Medicaid affect patients, providers

  Just as Medicaid prepares for a vast expansion under the federal health care overhaul, the 47-year-old entitlement program for the poor is under increasing pressure as deficit-burdened states chip away at benefits and cut payments to doctors.

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  BOOK REVIEW: 'Scorpions for Breakfast'

  If a title like "Scorpions for Breakfast" doesn't suggest anything particular about the author's persona and purposes, well, let me merely recommend a second cup of coffee.

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  High court to consider Ariz. migrant law

  The Supreme Court announced Monday it will take the case of Arizona's tough immigration crackdown law, adding yet another contentious clash between the Obama administration and the states to its docket.

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  Arizona using donations for border fence

  Arizona is taking on immigration once again, with state lawmakers collecting donations from the public to put fencing along every inch of the state's porous Mexican border in a first-of-its-kind effort.

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