Governor vs. President 州長对總統

The picture of Arizona Governor Jane Brewer's pointing finger at President Obama has raised eyebrows and generated much talks both domestically and internationally, such as reported by People's Daily in China.

She was in the airport to greet President Obama, however the conversation didn't go smoothly therefore the finger-pointing.

In regardless what triggered this confrontation and how serious it was, the very fact that a governor can point her finger at the president much seem very impossible to imagine for many Chinese people.

Yet, once you learn that in the U.S., a governor is not appointed by President and was elected by voters in her/his state alone, you can see that not much direct impact would only to her, unless voters in Arizona feel her behavior unacceptable.  A president cannot punish, let alone remove a governor.  A governor cannot even remove a mayor, who usually is elected by voters of that city.  That is simple how things are in the U.S.

亞利桑那州州長簡 布魯爾的手指指点奧巴馬總統的圖像让人有点惊叹, 引起國內和國際很多评论，如中國人民日報的報導。

她是在機場迎接奧巴馬總統，但显然談話並不順利。

無論在什麼引發争执，或争执是否嚴重，州長布魯爾可以手指指点總統, 似乎让很多中國人無法想像。

然而，一旦你了解到，在美國，一個州長不是由總統任命，並是由她/他的州選民選舉產生，你可以认识到，这件事不会給她带来太大的直接影響，除非亞利桑那州的選民覺得她的行為不可接受。美國總統没有权力懲罰，更不用說免掉州長。州長也不能免掉市長，因为市長通常是由該城市的選民選舉產生。在美國事情就是这样。