Hard to believe John would do the right thing and leave so we’re not down a man during the confirmation.
Easy to believe Ducey would be a douche and appoint Cindy.
Easy to believe it’s all bull since the 4th has come and gone.
“Hard to believe John would do the right thing and leave so we’re not down a man during the confirmation.
Easy to believe Ducey would be a douche and appoint Cindy.”
If McCain dies or resigns prior to the August 28 primary (in which Ducey faces a second-tier opponent), it would be suicidal for Ducey to appoint Cindy McCain to the seat. I think that Ducey knows that, and while he’ll continue to make nice with the McCains, he’ll use the upcoming SCOTUS confirmation vote as a reason to appoint someone who could be in DC full time concentrating on Senate business (and not dealing with a dying or recently deceased husband).
So who should Ducey appoint? As I wrote late last year, I think that he should name Congressman Paul Gosar of AZ-04 to the Senate. Gosar is a solid conservative who has represented all of northern AZ in the House, since he was elected in 2010 (over then incumbent Democrat Ann Kilpatrick) in the old AZ-01 in NE AZ, and in 2012 was redistricted into the AZ-04, which is in NW AZ and goes into the Phoenix suburbs. Not only would Gosar be a formidable candidate as a Senate incumbent in a 2020 special election, his appointment would allow Kelli Ward (who represented a large part of AZ-04 in the state senate) to coast into the very conservative AZ-04 in the special election held in the summer. We then would have McSally (who is well ahead of Ward in primary polls, and who would have a better chance than her against Democrat Sinema in a difficult election) as our 2018 Senate candidate, and Ward can hone her skills and prove her conservative bona fides in the House from a safe GOP district. Win-win-win for us, in my book.