Chilly Reception: Obama Lands in Phoenix, Has Words with GOP Governor The White House travel pool reports that President Obama and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer had some words on tarmac when Air Force One landed in Phoenix before the president visited an Intel plant in Arizona. Here is what pool reporter Carrie Budoff Brown wrote: President Obama arrived in Phoenix at 3:15 p.m. local time, finding the chilly weather of Iowa giving way to sunny skies and temperatures in the high 60s. He stepped off Air Force One at 3:28 p.m. and was greeted by Gov. Jan Brewer. She handed him a handwritten letter in an envelope and they spoke intensely for a few minutes. At one point, she pointed her finger at him. Afterwards, your pooler spoke with the governor. "He was a little disturbed about my book, "Scorpions for Breakfast." I said to him that I have all the respect in the world for the office of the president. The book is what the book is. I asked him if he read the book. He said he read the excerpt. So. Asked what aspect of the book disturbed him, Brewer said: "That he didn't feel that I had treated him cordially. I said I was sorry he felt that way but I didn't get my sentence finished. Anyway, we're glad he's here. I'll regroup. On the letter, she said it was personal letter asking him to sit down with her to discuss the "Arizona comeback." She said she "reiterated an invitation that I've extended to him before with regards to coming to Arizona and going to the border with me." She said she would take him to lunch. We've had a remarkable comeback here and I want to share that with him. She said the president brought up the book. I thought we probably would've talked about the things that were important to him and important to me, helping one another. Our country is upside down. Arizona was upside down. But we have turned it around. I know again that he loves this country and I love this country. Brewer is not going to Intel for the visit. Obama was also greeted by Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton, and Mesa Mayor Scott Smith. While your pooler was talking with Brewer, Obama worked the rope line. Courtesy of co-pooler Tangi Quemener of AFP Obama greeted by an enthusiastic ropeline among them the mother of a 2 1/2 month old baby girl. POTUS grabbed the baby as her mother took a picture with her phone, uttering "Oh my God!" in disbelief. Working the line, POTUS was given a basketball and a jersey that Marvin Nicholson took care of. One of the greeters got the president to sign on his cast.