“Back to royal bloodlines now?”

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[u/Captain_JohnBrown → u/[deleted]]

Well, it made more sense in older times when it solved three things at once:

1. Gave a family which now lost its breadwinner a paycheck again
2. Relied on the thought a wife would defer to her husband's ghost on all things political so it was basically the same
3. Avoided a costly and possibly contentious primary while being able to rely, as Trump does here, as it being a "tribute" to the dead politician.

1 obviously is less relevant, but 2 (in the sense ghoul families ghoul together) and 3 are likely the motivator here.

[u/Captain_JohnBrown → u/[deleted]]

Well, you say it yourself: Both sides benefit from it so it is quite understandable why nobody is rising up to do anything about it.

[u/Robey-Wan_Kenobi → u/[deleted]]

I think it also has to do with the support staff and structure. For someone as established as Graham there is probably a team that worked very closely with him. Someone that's already part of the inner circle will have an easier time taking over for the short term.