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BY MARC STEIDLER

As the dust settles over “Brewer v. Obama,” each side attempts to explain what exactly happened. The president talked to ABC to give his side of the story.

“What I’ve discovered is I think it’s always good publicity for a Republican if they’re in an argument with me, but this was really not a big deal.”

Brewer has since described President Obama as “thin-skinned” and “tense” during their encounter. But TPM has a differing account after talking with mayors Greg Smith and Scott Stanton, other officials who were present.

“Out of the three officials who met President Obama on an airport tarmac near Phoenix earlier this week, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) is now the only one who has characterized the president as anything other than cordial.”

As for the book that started it all -- Brewer’s Scorpions for Breakfast ranks seventh on Amazon.com, a trend wry Fox News commentators saw coming.

“Earlier in the week it was the 285,568th ranked book. Back to you.”
“Thank you very much, Peter. Brian predicted that yesterday.”

If a rise in sales was predictable, the Christian Science Monitor wonders if the confrontation was intentional.

“We think probably not – in politics, as in life, happenstance usually explains more incidents than does conspiracy.”

The book’s meteoric rise also resonated with a writer for Hot Air, who thinks the president was in a lose-lose situation.

“That ascent is sharper and faster than Obama’s own rise from relative obscurity to the presidency. Half of me is pleased for Jan Brewer and half of me pities the president. The poor guy just can’t seem to help himself.”

Friday, Brewer released the letter she gave to the president on the tarmac.

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