Kyrsten Sinema Rakes In Cash from Wall Street

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https://politicalwire.com/2023/02/02/kyrsten-sinema-rakes-in-cash-from-wall-street/

“Sen. Kyrsten Sinema raked in campaign cash from corporate leaders at the end of last year as she prepared for a potential high-stakes 2024 reelection bid in the battleground state of Arizona,” CNBC reports.

“Sinema, a centrist swing vote in the narrowly split Senate, switched her party affiliation from Democrat to independent in December. Real estate and private equity leaders, who have long helped to fill Sinema’s campaign coffers, contributed to a healthy cash haul for the senator in the final months of last year.”

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1. I can't stand how corrupt this government is!!!

It’s sickening. All of the politicians, media, donors all the time in campaign mode. The money flies all over the place and the only work getting done is for the one’s throwing all the money around!!!! No one should be allowed to campaign until 3 months before an election and they should be government funded. No bought candidates!!!!

[brooklynite]

3. "No one should be allowed to campaign until 3 months before an election"

Except for that pesky First Amendment.

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4. First amendment has nothing to do with it. A person who plans

to run but can’t declare officially, can’t raise money and can’t buy ads does not lose their free speech; it just sets rule about campaigning and raising money. We already have rules. Two years out is ridiculous!!!

[brooklynite]

6. But they don't HAVE to declare officially...

Restricting the registration date for a campaign doesn't stop a prospective candidate from forming an "issues" PAC (again, that first Amendment), which can pay for travel to send the prospective candidate to, say, the New Hampshire State Party Dinner as a speaker, or an issues conference or a book tour.

In 2012, (four years out) I was at the Convention in Charlotte, and it was easy to see why politicians were laying the groundwork for a campaign in 2016. I even had a one-on-one discussion with one of them. Nothing you could think of would have stopped them.

Those "short" campaign seasons that everyone claims to love about European nations frequently include the Parties choosing the candidate(s) without involvement by the rank and file members. Would that be a better strategy?

[kimbutgar]

2. She is such a corrupt politician and gives Democrats a bad name.

Seeing that picture of her and McCarthy yesterday grossed me out.


Please Arizona vote her out in 2024. She must get a lot of pact money because in Arizona they run have these pro Sinema aids even though she’s not up for re election for another 2 years.

[mvd]

5. I hate that such people are called "centrist"

As if being beholden to business/Wall St. should in any way be mainstream.