Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 12:58     Subject: Sinema registers as independent

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Wonder why she did not go republicans. Maybe if the GA election had turned out differently? She will lose to the republican candidate in Az.


Because she holds liberal political positions. What about her says "Republican" to you?


Aren’t all the sometimes pink- haired bisexuals Republican?


Pink-haired atheist bisexual...
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 12:36     Subject: Sinema registers as independent

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Wonder why she did not go republicans. Maybe if the GA election had turned out differently? She will lose to the republican candidate in Az.


Because she holds liberal political positions. What about her says "Republican" to you?


Aren’t all the sometimes pink- haired bisexuals Republican?
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 12:35     Subject: Sinema registers as independent

Come January, Biden needs to offer her a plum job in the administration and let Hobbs pick a replacement.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 12:33     Subject: Re:Sinema registers as independent

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People do not understand how angry AZ Dem voters are at Sinema. The AZ Dems are consolidated and fired up to replace her.

The GOP will put up a MAGA candidate in 2024 and that person will get 35% of the vote in a general election. That leaves 65% to split between Dem Gallego and Ind. Sinema. Gallego will get at least 40%

The math doesn’t work for Independent Sinema in the 2024 General Election. Shes appealing to disaffected non-MAGA Republicans and there are not enough of them to win.


I don't even see the disaffected non-MAGA republicans voting for her. She's basically adopted the most unpopular positions from each party. She's all in on the left wing social stuff that republicans and independents hate, and also all in on the plutocratic low tax/ kill the safety net agenda that democrats and independents hate. She would finish a very distant third place in a three-way race.


She's proof that fiscally conservative/socially liberal isn't as popular as people think
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 12:30     Subject: Re:Sinema registers as independent

Anonymous wrote:People do not understand how angry AZ Dem voters are at Sinema. The AZ Dems are consolidated and fired up to replace her.

The GOP will put up a MAGA candidate in 2024 and that person will get 35% of the vote in a general election. That leaves 65% to split between Dem Gallego and Ind. Sinema. Gallego will get at least 40%

The math doesn’t work for Independent Sinema in the 2024 General Election. Shes appealing to disaffected non-MAGA Republicans and there are not enough of them to win.


I don't even see the disaffected non-MAGA republicans voting for her. She's basically adopted the most unpopular positions from each party. She's all in on the left wing social stuff that republicans and independents hate, and also all in on the plutocratic low tax/ kill the safety net agenda that democrats and independents hate. She would finish a very distant third place in a three-way race.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 12:16     Subject: Re:Sinema registers as independent

Anonymous wrote:Why is anyone allowed to change party affiliation in the middle of their elected terms. Our democracy is so flawed. This should require her to resign. People did not vote her to be “independent”. She used Democratic machinations and voters for election and now she is saying f u!


+1
People voted for her with a D by her name.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 12:10     Subject: Sinema registers as independent

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Will Manchin follow?
My bet is Yes


Good. We need more Independents and fewer congresspeople tied to one of the two major parties.


+1

Our entire political party system is broken.


+1 I'm so sick of people who vote sraight party tickets.


I'm sick of people who don't realize that the most important votes that congressmen cast is for speaker.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 12:07     Subject: Re:Sinema registers as independent

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:She’s still caucusing with the Democrats. It’s not meaningful except as an attempt to avoid a primary. Plus attention seeking, one of her hallmarks.


She has not confirmed that.


Yes, she basically has confirmed it. And Schumer has confirmed that she will keep her committee assignments, and the White House has affirmed that they will continue to work with her.


So, all this is kind of a nothing burger.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 12:06     Subject: Re:Sinema registers as independent

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:She is a woman of integrity and this is great news.
I wish more politicians, both Democrats & Republican, would do this!


She criticized Joe Lieberman for this lol.

It’s not about “integrity.”

People grow and change.


Yup, she grew and became dishonest corporate shill.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 12:05     Subject: Re:Sinema registers as independent

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:She’s still caucusing with the Democrats. It’s not meaningful except as an attempt to avoid a primary. Plus attention seeking, one of her hallmarks.


She has not confirmed that.


Yes, she basically has confirmed it. And Schumer has confirmed that she will keep her committee assignments, and the White House has affirmed that they will continue to work with her.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 12:03     Subject: Re:Sinema registers as independent

Anonymous wrote:She is a woman of integrity and this is great news.
I wish more politicians, both Democrats & Republican, would do this!


Women would not run as Democrat, tank progessive bills which are popular in AZ and in the country and then declare yourself independent when her popularity i the state tanks. A woman of integrity would resign and run as a independent in 2024.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 12:00     Subject: Re:Sinema registers as independent

Anonymous wrote:She’s still caucusing with the Democrats. It’s not meaningful except as an attempt to avoid a primary. Plus attention seeking, one of her hallmarks.


She has not confirmed that.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 11:59     Subject: Re:Sinema registers as independent

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Why does he expect democrats to not field a candidate? Do the Arizona state party rules even allow for that?

Democrats just did this in Utah for Evan McMullin and did it in Alaska in 2020.



Al Gross was on the democrat's primary ballot- Alaska is a weird state

https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_election_in_Alaska,_2020

Democrats in Utah voted to not have a nominee at their convention. Arizona democrats hate Sinema now- why would they defer to her like that?


They won’t. They’ve already made that clear.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 11:59     Subject: Re:Sinema registers as independent

Anonymous wrote:People do not understand how angry AZ Dem voters are at Sinema. The AZ Dems are consolidated and fired up to replace her.

The GOP will put up a MAGA candidate in 2024 and that person will get 35% of the vote in a general election. That leaves 65% to split between Dem Gallego and Ind. Sinema. Gallego will get at least 40%

The math doesn’t work for Independent Sinema in the 2024 General Election. Shes appealing to disaffected non-MAGA Republicans and there are not enough of them to win.


Yeah. Progressives backed her strongly in 2018. She spent 6 years ignoring them, not out of principle but to build her own profile and power. She could have chosen to behave like a moderate Democrat and maintain strong relationships with progressives. For an example, she needed to look no further than Mark Kelly, for god’s sake. But she chose not to.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 11:55     Subject: Sinema registers as independent

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Will Manchin follow?
My bet is Yes


Good. We need more Independents and fewer congresspeople tied to one of the two major parties.


+1

Our entire political party system is broken.


+1 I'm so sick of people who vote sraight party tickets.