As we mentioned on Friday, Jim Inhofe caught the Oklahoma politosphere off-guard last week when he endorsed his virtually unknown Chief of Staff Luke Holland to fill his soon-to-be-open US Senate seat.
When you think about it, it's actually not a bad political play/cop-out by the old snowball-throwing geezer.
Inhofe knows that a lot of his right-wing buddies in the Oklahoma GOP will be clamoring for the open seat, so it makes sense for him to avoid playing favorites or hurting any feelings by endorsing his long-time aide.