McCain to Resign Senate Seat?

• February 15, 2008

The Phoenix Business Journal is addressing a persistent rumor that John McCAin might resign his seat in the Senate this summer to devote his time to his campaign for the White House.

U.S. Sen. John McCain’s office Wednesday countered speculation that the Arizona Republican would resign this summer to focus on his presidential bid.
McCain spokeswoman Melissa Shuffield told the Phoenix Business Journal that McCain has “no current plans” to step down from his Senate seat.
A summer resignation could create a mad dash to succeed McCain in the November election. Gov. Janet Napolitano would appoint an interim senator to serve until the November election if McCain resigns.
State law requires that appointment to be of the same party as the officeholder.

I have no idea whether McCain would do this or not. Certainly, in his own mind, he is “principled” enough. But if he was to resign his Senate seat, it would put an awful lot of pressure on his Democrat rival to do likewise, especially if his argument was that this was the best way to serve the people of his state.
Barack Obama is young and has yet to serve out his very first term in the Senate. Hillary, of course, is oblivious to calls for principled or ethical actions such as this.

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Patriot: I don’t think there would be any eye-poking by John McCain. I think, if he remains in the Senate, that he will do what he has always done; vote as he thinks best and let the chips fall where they may.

pparets: Thank You. You just gave me my Friday morning laugh. John McCain is not a vindictive, angry old man, and he only votes his conscience?

Since McCain lost to W in 2000 he’s been angry and taking it out on the GOP, thus we have McCain-Feingold, McCain-Kennedy and various other votes that have his 10 year ACU rating somewhere in the 60′s. Not the 82 Lifetime rating most people talk about, what have you done for me lately? In John McCain’s case, he’s sided with the most liberal of liberals (Feingold and Kennedy) and poked the GOP in the eye whenever he could.
Bat One

Sally,

Follow the original link. State law requires that the replacement be of the same political party.
patriot

The only reason McCain would be “principled” enough to resign his seat is to keep from having to cast any controversial votes. He can only “miss” so many votes (like last week on the first stimulus pkg vote) before he starts to look like Obama as an Illinois state senator when he voted “present” instead of taking a side, over 100 times.

For example if the Dems in Congress are successful in getting a 5 yr amnesty bill to the floor yet this year. Would McCain conveniently ‘miss’ the vote, or vote against it to win the Republican base, or poke a finger in the eye of the base (which he would likely enjoy the most) and vote in favor.

To many of those types of votes…….could derail a campaign. Much easier to step down, the Governor has to appoint a Republican so it changes nothing in the Senate.
halatbis

Democrats/liberals who are holding office do not resign for any reason: disgrace, scandal, indictment, or conviction—-(certainly not because it would be the right thing to do) they view themselves as a gift to America, and therefore they cannot deprive us of their wisdom by leaving office. Ala Teddy Kennedy, Bill Clinton, etc.
laydownSally

Thank you Bat,

I should have done that in the first place.
Jeugenen

INSANE MC-CAIN, THE UNELECTABLE PODHORETZ NEO-CON CANDIDATE, ON TRIAL FOR INCOMPETENCE AND DISLOYALTY TO HIS GOD AND CONSTITUTION

Amnesty for Illegal Aliens?
Un-patriotic sacrifice American Wealth and Blood for Israel?
Demonization of the Christian Conservatives?
Sacrificial Killing of Children by Abortion?
Neo-Con News Media Propaganda against Conservatives?
Dirty Political Tricks to Defeat Romney?
McCain-Feingold Suppression of Internet Freedom of Speech?
Dirty Political Tricks in the New Hampshire and Florida Primaries?
Un-Constitutional Wars to “Occupy Iraq for 100 Years” and “Bomb Iran”?
Tax and Spend Opposition to Bush Tax Cuts?
No Solution to Prevent the Oncoming Recession and Inflation?
No Significant Social or Economic Accomplishments in his long and scandalous and contentious political career?

Being such an incompetent and dishonest politician, and such a pretentious Christian and patriot, insanely dishonoring his God and his Constitution, how can he ever be trusted to cherish and honor the American People?

Running McCain as Republican conservative is a clever scam that has fooled many trusting conservative voters; and has condemned him to the Conservative Republican firing squad.

Google: Mearsheimer Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy; Stricherz Why the Democrats are Blue; Wall Street Journal McCain-Feingold; Human Events Ron Paul Interview; Who Would the World Elect.
pete

McCain resigning would remove one anoying aspect shared by all the remaining canadates – “Hire me even though you are currently paying me for a job which I am ignoring”.
Now if we could find a reason for about 515 other congris-critters to resign.
http://www.willisms.com/ Zsa Zsa

I want Hillary to resign her Senate seat!
http://www.pal2pal.com/BLOGEE Pal2Pal

I think McCain was asked this yesterday and said he had no plans to resign. I don’t have the link.
http://www.valleydeals.com/cgi-bin/board2/YaBB.pl Kevin

Every politician should have to resign their cushy spots to run for higher office, since no one can do justice to two jobs at the same time.
pparets

Patriot: I don’t think there would be any eye-poking by John McCain. I think, if he remains in the Senate, that he will do what he has always done; vote as he thinks best and let the chips fall where they may.

He may not be the perfect conservative, but he’s never been devious. Thats a technique favored by Madam Clinton and Saint Barack.
laydownSally

patriot:

the Governor has to appoint a Republican

Are you sure about this?
http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

Jeugenen: Your love and devotion to Hillary are touching, but Valentine’s Day was yesterday!

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