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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Maybe someone mentioned this before, but:
I hope that she is at least forced to put the giant liquor distribution empire she controls into a blind trust if she takes the job.
(Since liquor is federally regulated.)
If there was any question if we were a 3rd world country, this pretty much answers it.
Are you really so dim-witted d that you didn’t recognize the sarcasm?
Thank the good Lord that Amy Carter seems to have fallen off the map. She seems to have been retired from the public eye for the last 20 years. But she gave it a good shot with her Froot Loop years.
I guess they don't make 'em like the classy Julie Nixon anymore.
McLame is already dead. The family is just running out the clock.
Show us a proof of life picture!
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Ditto. I want proof the POS is alive, so I can continue to wish he was dead.
At least she’s not Meghan.
Her first bill be to federal funding to cover the cost of prescription drugs for which the covered citizen doesn't actually own the prescription. :") Thanks Zhang Fei.
Lol, ain’t that the truth !!!!!!
Patrick Henry and a host of patriots spin in their graves.
Yep
Team McCain is not the same as what the voters want.
Waiting to hear what the AZ governor is going to do....
I posted a spoof on FR of McCain where he says “I must go down to DC again, to the taxpayer-funded life, with Air Force Two and the whole crew, and a Senate seat for my wife.” Can’t find it now. He was thinking of running for vice president, maybe in 2004?
Line up here for your personal prophecy.
What if John Mcmoron is not really sick as some think. He is showing no signs, was out and about shortly after his operation.
What if to avoid indictment and prison it is all an act?
Carter’s grandson Jason ran for GA governor in 2014. We aren’t out of the woods yet, we’ll see him again, I fear.
Well... yes. But that is true of about 90% of the current sitting senators as well.
what a joke and what makes her qualifed
No more Dynasties! No more sympathy votes!
No more phony Conservatives!!!
but wait !!! look at what a charmer claire mc rascal has turned out to be ... maybe they could start a club
Name recognition is everything it seems.
The devil you know is all I can think of.
Myself, I think children and spouses of congresscritters need to be exempt from being eligible for elective office.
I grew up with the same three families running the county. Everything from janitor to treasurer, Commonwealth attorney, town mayor and county board.
They kept the town/county poor and their little fiefdom until recently.
They’re taking the game national with a vengeance.
"Team McCain is not the same as what the voters want."
I agree...I just always seem to forget the /s tag on my sarcasm.
Drop Gov. Ducey a line at:
https://azgovernor.gov/engage/form/contact-governor-ducey
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