Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) will be in Washington DC this week and has asked for a meeting with President Barack Obama and his Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to discuss border security and immigration. While the president and his cronies have spent the last few weeks trying to score political points by attacking Arizona's right to protect itself, Mr. Obama claims he just can't find the time to discuss the issue with the governor.

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The president has been criticizing Arizona's tough new immigration legislation from the moment it was passed; originally saying it was "misguided" then upping his rhetoric to call the law "a misdirected expression of frustration." (source) He has tried to inflame American citizens and non-citizens in the country legally with the fear of civil rights ramifications and he instructed his Justice Department to review the law for possible violations. Yet White House spokesman Adam Abrams said Mr. Obama's schedule "doesn't allow for a meeting" with Governor Brewer. (source)

Of course President Obama is a very busy man. Next week his schedule includes many events that are evidently more important than border security. In addition to several meetings with foreign officials; he will attend an event in Pittsburgh, host a concert honoring Paul McCartney and welcome Major League Soccer's championship team to the White House. All this after a long-weekend getaway in Chicago. But his schedule "doesn't allow for a meeting" with Governor Brewer.

Mr. Abrams says the president "does intend to sit down with the governor in the future." Evidently just not while Paul McCartney is in town or while twice as many Americans support the Arizona law as oppose it. (source)

UPDATE: After mounting criticism over his snubbing of Governor Brewer, President Obama finally agreed to meet with her while she is in Washington DC. The White House denied the intial snubbing claiming that there were some scheduling issues this week that have been resolved. (source)