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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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.”
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Who the hell voted Team McCain into office? Hopefully, Governor Ducey will appoint an ACTUAL conservative to the seat which is what Arizonan Republicans actually want.
Arizonans certainly dont want another phony such as Flake appointed and the deserve better than having yet another dynasty established. Cindy McCain would promptly become besties with the RINOs Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins.
If Ducey does this it will effectively hand the seat to the democrats.
If Ducey wants to be bitterly HATED by most Republicans in Arizona, that would do it!
Where the hell are the damn people of this state?
I’m so sick of hearing people there talk about how they dont like this guy, but stuff like this pops up, and you wont see anyone in significant numbers raise hell.
I like how you made it sound like that would actually be something different...
Spit ......
Following in John’s footsteps id the worst thing that could happen.
I said a while back that McCain would find some way to screw this country over again even after he’s dead.
Has anyone seen him lately? Better check Cindy’s freezer.
If it has to be wife or daughter, wife is older.
Less likely to plague US for 40 years.
Wonder how much this seat cost her.
Three cheers for nepotism.
Bugs Bunny would make a better senator.
5.56mm
If he appoints Cindy McCain, he should be given the he-ho.
Has anyone seen him lately? Better check Cindys freezer.
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Not to worry...its almost June. If a deal has been struck theyll soon start the thawing process followed by a short warming and announcement that he has passed. ;-)
Ducey got a lot of money from Cindy’s family. She is as bad as McTraitor and she couldn’t be worse, Pelosi couldn’t be worse for that matter.
FAKE NEWS, I HOPE. Those that know John say this. No one who knows Ducey has said this, have they?
Newsmax decides to work with the RATS.
She’s not a RINO.
She has been backed by “Emily’s List” for a very long time.
She is a RAT
Should the seat become open before June 1, state law requires a
special election this fall.
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If not then when and if an appointment takes place it will be
good until the election in 2020. At that time an election will
be held for the remaining two years of the term.
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