The newly independent Kyrsten Sinema could play spoiler in a three-way race, paving the way for Senator Kari Lake. Read the latest from MollyJongFast:
than acting in the interests of her own constituents. Even as she grabbed headlines with her announcement, Sinema seemed to downplay what it all meant. “I don’t anticipate that anything will change about the Senate structure,” sheChuck Schumer,
reiterated this idea. “Her decision to become an independent is more branding and at-home politics than anything else. She knows it will be difficult to win a primary as a Democrat. And at the same time, Schumer does not want a Republican in her seat. Sinema’s solution makes sense: neutralize the Democratic primary issue, extend the independent brand by making it ‘official,’ and keep caucusing with the Dems. Others have done and do this.
CNN on Sunday of Sinema’s move. “I think the Democrats are not all that enthusiastic about somebody who helps sabotage some of the most important legislation that protects the interests of working families and voting rights.”announcing her new party alignment, she bemoaned “rigid partisanship” and bragged that her “approach is rare in Washington and has upset partisans in both parties.” But actually Republicans were delighted with the move.
The idea that somehow both parties are toxic is the falsest of false equivalencies. Sinema has the kind of bothsidesing brain worms that are rarely seen outside of the worst hot takes of the pundit class. The Republican Party has been so profoundly anti-legislation and pro-culture wars they declined to even have a party platform in the 2020 election, and spent the midterms
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