Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 14:16     Subject: Sinema registers as independent

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Very difficult to get on the ballot in Arizona without party backing. She needs signatures from 3% of all the independent voters in the state.


Which is why the previous posters who said “she’s auditioning for her next corporate job” are absolutely correct. She doesn’t really have any friends left in Arizona, she’s just another DC swamp creature.

I wouldn’t be shocked if she ends up running AEI or Cato. It would be a fitting end.


Her resume screams chamber of commerce. She has socially acceptable views regarding gay marriage and abortion, and seems to hate taxes and business regulation
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 14:10     Subject: Sinema registers as independent

Sinema did not do this out of some altruistic motive to abide by her conscience. She did it because her internal polling shows she will be crushed in the primary. Her only hope now is to run as an independent and scare the dems into not running a candidate that would split the vote.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 14:08     Subject: Sinema registers as independent

Anonymous wrote:Very difficult to get on the ballot in Arizona without party backing. She needs signatures from 3% of all the independent voters in the state.


Which is why the previous posters who said “she’s auditioning for her next corporate job” are absolutely correct. She doesn’t really have any friends left in Arizona, she’s just another DC swamp creature.

I wouldn’t be shocked if she ends up running AEI or Cato. It would be a fitting end.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 14:04     Subject: Sinema registers as independent

Anonymous wrote:Very difficult to get on the ballot in Arizona without party backing. She needs signatures from 3% of all the independent voters in the state.


That looks to be about 30% Arizona voters. Best of luck getting 40 thousand signatures
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 14:00     Subject: Sinema registers as independent

Very difficult to get on the ballot in Arizona without party backing. She needs signatures from 3% of all the independent voters in the state.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 13:52     Subject: Re:Sinema registers as independent

^^^ Different poll from Civiqs here:
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 13:50     Subject: Re:Sinema registers as independent

If Democrats stood aside and let her run as an independent without a Democratic nominee it would be giving the seat to the Republicans. She’s not even that popular with independents and Democrats there hate her as an Arizonan PP upthread already pointed out.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 13:48     Subject: Re:Sinema registers as independent

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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.

Who is “they” and how have they “already made that clear”? Link?


Arizona Democratic Party statement. Available on Twitter.

Thanks, that was a genuine question and I hadn’t seen that yet.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 13:43     Subject: Sinema registers as independent

Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 13:22     Subject: Sinema registers as independent

Anonymous wrote:She waited until after warenock won, lol


Because now she’s less relevant and less powerful and will get less attention
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 13:20     Subject: Re:Sinema registers as independent

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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.

Who is “they” and how have they “already made that clear”? Link?


Arizona Democratic Party statement. Available on Twitter.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 13:20     Subject: Sinema registers as independent

She waited until after warenock won, lol
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 13:18     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?


Her top five corporate donors:
Ryan LLC (Dallas-based tax and consulting firm)
Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe (NYC-based healthcare-focused PE firm)
Goldman Sachs (self-explanatory)
Apollo Global Management (ditto)
Amgen Pharmaceuticals
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 13:13     Subject: Re:Sinema registers as independent

Anonymous wrote:
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.

Who is “they” and how have they “already made that clear”? Link?
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 13:12     Subject: Re:Sinema registers as independent

Anonymous wrote:She is an attention whore (and minting money in the process). Re-election would be tricky in 2024. She cannot be primaried and will split Democratic and Independent votes. But she is shrewd!


And this is why this is happening.