Posted on 05/28/2018 9:32:13 AM PDT by Zhang Fei
As Arizonans prepare for their final salute to Sen. John McCain, Republicans and political pundits in the state privately tell Newsmax they expect the appointment of his wife, Cindy, to succeed him in the Senate.
Of course, no one in the Grand Canyon State who spoke to us wants to go on record discussing what will happen when the ailing McCain no longer holds his seat. But those who did agree, almost unanimously, that Cindy McCain following John in the Senate through appointment by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey is a near-certainty.
"I've always assumed that was the arrangement," said a friend of the McCain family since John's 1973 return from captivity in Vietnam.
A former Republican senator who served with McCain agreed.
"I don't know if this [succession] has been formalized, but that's what people who know John tell me."
(Both of those who spoke to Newsmax did so under promise of anonymity).
One source close to the McCain family said supporters of the senator have quietly let Gov. Ducey know Cindy is the choice of "Team McCain."
Others mentioned for appointment include Ducey's top aide Kirk Adams, a former speaker of the state House of Representatives, and Karrin Taylor Robson, multi-millionaire businesswoman and member of the State Board of Regents.
Because of the time factor involved in a Senate seat opening in Arizona, speculation has begun to mount about what will happen when the Senate seat Republican McCain has held since 1986 finally is open.
Should the seat become open before June 1, state law requires a special election this fall. Democrats from Phoenix to Washington, D.C., make little secret of their desire of having another Senate seat on the fall ballot in 2018 because they sense it is a good year for the party outside the White House.
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No no no no no no no.
Doubtful he will appoint Cindy. Makes good gossip.
Precedent for what? A Senator dying in office and then the governor appointing a replacement? Yes...governor can appoint anyone he wants that is eligible to serve as long as they meet the constitutional requirements...it is not an uncommon practice for widows to be successors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widow%27s_succession#United_States
Doesn’t AZ have a KENNEDY that will run?
LOL! Or a Bush.
Hate to say I told you so, but I told you so. (Praying I’m wrong.)
I always wondered why folks in AZ kept sending McCain back to the Senate just like McConnell in Ky. Good grief...AZ residents, come on in for the big win will ya? JUST SAY NO!!
I remember the Kennedy's and their fellow Dems seemed to think the same way about Teddy's seat.
I am very tired of all of these American Dynasties. Now, as to McCain's wife -- what are her qualifications to be a U.S. Senator? Wasn't she like some beauty pageant winner? She may be a perfectly nice person; but, how is she Senate material?
But what about him?
F him.
Sounds like a Flake would say that.
I wouldn’t be surprised if this is what they do...but who knows.
In any event, the Democrats hoping he dies sooner so they can have a chance at another Senate seat is pretty sick but not surprising.
https://azgovernor.gov/engage/form/contact-governor-ducey
Sent mail this am.
Please Arizona do the same
Look down, look down
Don’t look ‘em in the eye
Look down, look down,
You’re here until you die
That would be awful.
If you get right down to it, she’ll be an improvement over him.
She won’t have a military record to hide behind.
She’s a known home-wrecker.
Nobody could be more stupid than John.
She won’t have the international connections and clout he had.
She’ll be an empty suit chained to his record, and yet without any record of her own.
Good luck with that.
No
It would be great if the governor appointed JD Hayworth or any of the others who have run against songbird in the past as a final FU to juan mclame.
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