"Arizona does not have a budget deficit. It has an overspending problem. Since 2004, Arizona's spending grew by an astounding 57percent. Now Arizona is paying the price for years of mismanagement and fiscal vandalism under former Gov. Napolitano." said ATR's Grover Norquist. "As recently as 2006, Gov. Brewer made a written pledge to her constituents [...]

"What Arizona really needs right now is firm leadership in the mold of Margaret Thatcher," said AFP Arizona director Tom Jenney. "That is not what Gov. Brewer gave us yesterday."