Newsmax: As Arizonans prepare for their final salute to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., 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, Cindy McCain following John in the Senate through appointment by Gov. Doug Ducey, R-Ariz., 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. MORE
She can take his seat, his ears, his feet, whatever it takes to throw that evil weasel into the box and cover it with dirt.
Can’t stand her. No one voted for HER.
We have one of those “wife candidates” who is mayor of Las Vegas right now. *eyeroll*
Maybe Kelli Ward.
I can dream.
New rule: medical fitness exams for ALL elected officials. No exceptions.
Once a year minimum. Also pre-election and again pre-inauguration. More often as needed.
All results including detailed test results immediately made public.
Don’t like it? Don’t run.
McCain should have been declared medically unfit for duty the moment his terminal brain cancer was diagnosed. Permanently relieved and replaced.
Cognitive testing, Alzheimer’s dementia testing, and random illegal-drug tests would spur a sudden wave of Dem resignations. Instantly.
Antidepressants and other psych drugs? Immediate medical disqualification.
MAGA, baby.
Appointments should exclude family members. The job is. not based on heredity. A special election should be ordered.
Ahhh, the GOP country club establishment rights of succession to the Senate Throne. Another McCONnell lackey on the way.
Arizona voters be damned.
June 1st? Hurry it up Johnny boy. We’ve only got a couple of days.
PHenry
I can’t stand it. Appointing your wife or husband or kids? We are not royalty!
Anonymous, I’ll go one further. McCain should not have been allowed to run because he was captured and sang, came home and lied about other POWs, and tried to stop searches for them. Are we going to let Bowe Bergdahl run for congress next?
Yes they are NOT royalty!
“God sent us here to rule you feckless people.”
Gah!!! Citizens need to once and for all get pissed off and show some teeth!
I predicted McCain would demand a family member be given his seat. His arrogance, he really believes it is his seat and you aren’t going to pry his rotting dying hands from power. Gov of AZ should just refuse and appoint someone he chooses.
Of course the establishment Republicans want her. I had more than a belly full of the bastards back during the tenure of Arlon Sphincter and said: unless and until every last one of these backstabbing four flushers are gone it will be impossible to deliver on issues the Republican Party runs on. Here in Washington State the State Party is totally infested with the despicable lying vermin who will look you in the eye and tell you one thing then vote the opposite three days later.
If she can pull the sword from the stone, the job is hers!
Lazlo heard she supports Mr. Trump.
Before I get my MAGA Speedo in a knot I want to learn more about her.
I know, I am too gracious by half.
But since dumbass Flake is retiring rather than lose, we have a weird interplay, and could lose a senate seat.
Poor Lazlo
If the governor has any political sense at all, he’ll pick someone randomly from the phone book before he gives it to Cindy McCain.
And when Cindy McCain is too sick to serve, Megan McCain can take HER place, because GIRL POWER!
What the hell is this, England?!!
Fill it with another traitor — doesn’t the whiny little former NSA faggot want a senate job?
@MJA, that Anon post above on mandatory medical exams was me, Rufus T.
The avatar thingy is still buggy.
PDT should declare— as a national security matter— immediate mandatory medical exams for all Federal officials, including Judges, and Congress.
All results public.
This would have real bipartisan public support.
Let’s hope the governor rejects this lame call for McCain’s widow to take the seat. Pick a conservative, damn it.
Give us a break – doesn’t the Governor have a spine? Nobody voted for this Anheuser Bush heiress.
As long as voters think family politicians (Bill Hillary and others) are the in thing and the best thing, nothing in Washington will change. You can bet that they run everything by the former lameo, before making a political decision. Ever wonder why things don’t seem to get done in Washington…can’t risk losing your spot on the tax payer gravy train.
Something needs to happen before June 1st. The governor would not be very popular if he keeps the stead in the traitors family.
He must be about to shit his dying turd if they’re announcing putting the wife in the seat. Meet the new rino, same as the old rino.
Col. Angus (where’s my name and avatar?)
She must be something special. Out of all the girls he was banging in the 70’s she is the one who got his name.
But to be fair, some of the others would be in danger of jail time, had they got his name ; as in both Ca and Az bigamy is a crime.
Speaking of which, she (Cindy Lou) had to wait a few years for Johnny’s name – for him to divorce Carol; or he’d a been the bigamist.
But the govt says he suffered! Those of us who killed in Nam think the Govt lies.
Are you telling me the McCains don’t have a dog? The dog would be a better choice.
On the bright side, it is not his daughter taking his place.
Isn’t Doug Ducey late for a softball game?
I wonder if she’s been stealing John’s pain pills. She had quite a habit a while back and likely still does.
I certainly hope the people of Arizona will put a stop to this! Of course, they were dumb enough to re-elect Juan McShame…over and over again.
@cato May 29, 2018 at 4:11 pm
> Arizona voters be damned.
You got that right.
If anybody objects, will they be imprisoned within the hour?
@This Texan Has Had Enough May 29, 2018 at 5:15 pm
> On the bright side, it is not his daughter taking his place.
There are rules to precedence. We are not peasants. (sniff)
Anonymous-LOL!
JD; Arlon Sphincter ha ha ha
Shades of Claire McCaskill (I don’t care if her name is spelled right or not.)
Our local school district has “unwritten policies”. One of those policies is that there are “good kids” within the district that receive special deference. Bill Ayers and his evolution of American society is well underway. What’s harmful about the idea of “good kids”? It’s code, doesn’t mean what you and I would think, it means the kids of people with the big names in town. How is that about equality of opportunity? Obviously, the big name in town in Arizona is McCain. Our school district is full of sacred cow worship, the problem is it’s a Trojan Horse and they have been conditioned to the point of ceding freedom to the good kids who are coming out of hiding. Scary to see it working at the Senate level.
More liberal than John.
She was one of those celebrities to put pictures of themselves out there with duct tape over their mouths with “No H 8” written on them to support special homosexual rights.