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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They’re quite literally is no end to the hubris or the insanity of the McCain tribe.
Any chance the Guv nods and “agrees” and then picks someone else after they finally pull the plug on the Songbird?
I have considered two different scenarios all along.
1) He does NOT have neuroblastoma but didn’t want to be in DC when the indictments started happening so decided to retreat to Arizona and try to thwart President Trump from a distance while collecting sympathy for “fighting on”.
2)He has been on life support for months, until the deadline for an election has passed, with his aides and his wife doing all the “tweeting” under his name. This is looking more likely now, especially if he “passes peacefully” on June 1st!
Either way, he is a contemptible human being and the people of Arizona should demand they be allowed to select their own Senator!
WTF is “Team McCain”?
Given that the treacherous creep will be dead, who gives a f**k what he thinks?
Hell no!
Better Meghan McCain than Cindy McCain.
AZ is being manipulated right now into electing McSallycain to be the next Flake.
The Cheap Labor Express is not giving up any Amnesty Senate seats.
So wrong on so many levels.
I wonder what the payoff is for the Guv.
I expect that his very last act will be to kill himself with an AR-15, and found beside him will be a note that he penned, calling for the outright ban of all semiautomatic firearms, "because it makes suicide easier".
Your #1 has been my belief for months. Lying weasel traitorous SOB.
Hopefully, the Governor is playing the McCains so he doesn’t resign prior to May, 31st.
I am sure the Deep State loves all the blackmail material they have on her.
Ducey heavily depended on Cindy McCain’s family who put money into his campaign. This is how he got some screwed up into this mess.
Disagree, Meghan is every bit the open borders loon that her father is and is younger and would be around much longer than mom.
If Ducey appoints Cindy, I’m voting for Ducey’s opponent. I doubt I’ll be alone...
You don’t know Arizona. It is loaded with military retirees who adore McCain but who don’t follow politics that closely. Then there is the Mormon mafia which supports McCain for reasons of its own. When McCain had a challenger (JD Hayworth) a few years back JD got 40% of the vote. And there you have it:The 40% that hate McCain’s guts, hate the Democrats more, and so he sneaks in.
Cin Jong Mccain
“Better Meghan McCain than Cindy McCain.”
I agree with that. Between the two I would take Meghan. At least she supports President Trump on the View against the liberals on that show.
Good God, please give us a break from this family of traitors
The Governor has every right.
Their view is it’s the divine right of kings, not a representative republic.
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