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zaj

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31. Great article... summary: it's complex

Wed Jun 2, 2021, 05:10 PM

Jun 2021

She's operating from a mix of perspectives:

- a person who knows how to win elections to gain power
- a personal philosophy about about protecting institutions
- a desire to be an institutionalist who has power to make change
- a flippant gadfly who believes socializing helps, and probably makes her happy

She's won an election she should have lost, but the HR1 might be the thing that she spends her political capital on. We'll see.

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Kyrsten Sinema [View all] USAFRetired_Liberal Jun 2021 OP

It is true that Arizona is trending blue lapfog_1 Jun 2021 #1

She is very insecure and needs constant love-bombing. Don't let her presentation mislead. TheBlackAdder Jun 2021 #50

Activist to Senate Obstructionist: The Metamorphosis of Kyrsten Sinema Goonch Jun 2021 #2

after reading that qazplm135 Jun 2021 #8

yes, good points LymphocyteLover Jun 2021 #33

Looks like a creature from The Thing '82 SunImp Jun 2021 #14

Well...this would be an appropriate sound effect for them...(1:29 mark) Moostache Jun 2021 #19

Probably one of the most creepiest monster sounds in film SunImp Jun 2021 #24

That is a hell of a great illustration RVN VET71 Jun 2021 #21

Great article... summary: it's complex zaj Jun 2021 #31

here are the possible options qazplm135 Jun 2021 #3

LOL. I love your analysis! StarfishSaver Jun 2021 #4

or she is simply "unserious..." which we might be forgiven for assuming lately hlthe2b Jun 2021 #5

And that is what I don't get USAFRetired_Liberal Jun 2021 #9

3 for sure RANDYWILDMAN Jun 2021 #12

It's #2 for sure. zaj Jun 2021 #32

There is a 4th option. Irish_Dem Jun 2021 #54

Not up for election till 2024, doesn't give a damn that is for sure... Stuart G Jun 2021 #6

It is possible that she is just doing what she thinks is the right thing. TreasonousBastard Jun 2021 #7

Well she should be open to doing a great deal of research. Bev54 Jun 2021 #11

How many democratic senators would vote for the filibuster to go away? jimfields33 Jun 2021 #16

Yes, I have wondered that also... tbere may be other surprises ahead... liberalla Jun 2021 #20

I think the others would follow Bev54 Jun 2021 #38

She may think so, but I am having a damnably hard time accepting that notion RVN VET71 Jun 2021 #23

She would not right now survive a challenge from a good democrat. Bev54 Jun 2021 #10

If the filibuster survives to the August recess, then the streets of AZ should be full of protestors Fiendish Thingy Jun 2021 #13

She's immature and unprofessional and... Hela Jun 2021 #15

That one image there makes me grind my teeth... AZ8theist Jun 2021 #25

That image inthewind21 Jun 2021 #29

and seriously does she think she's in her cheerleading outfit back in grade school??? a kennedy Jun 2021 #43

very offensive how she Sinema-splains the filibuster to us, as if we don't understand it!! TomDaisy Jun 2021 #17

She's building her McCain-like brand. zaj Jun 2021 #18

Who does it attract? USAFRetired_Liberal Jun 2021 #22

This. +10000 AZ8theist Jun 2021 #28

Think of them as "Joe Biden" Republicans. zaj Jun 2021 #34

so Mark Kelly qazplm135 Jun 2021 #37

Completely different election with the coronavirus and huge mail in voting jimfields33 Jun 2021 #41

and yet qazplm135 Jun 2021 #42

No. Definitely not. He is doing great. jimfields33 Jun 2021 #44

Kelly is straight out of central casting. zaj Jun 2021 #45

oh stop qazplm135 Jun 2021 #46

Yes, it's the same reason Hillary was a defense hawk zaj Jun 2021 #47

Her advisors still think they can attract GQP with a Dem name uponit7771 Jun 2021 #51

McCain 'thumbed down' to save the ACA and help common folk, she emulated McCain to hurt them. TheBlackAdder Jun 2021 #35

After Sinema bagged on the 1/6 commission vote, I lost any respect for her dlk Jun 2021 #26

she's a narcissist who craves attention. NewHendoLib Jun 2021 #27

+1 n/t area51 Jun 2021 #53

It's very rare that an incumbent Democratic senator gets a serious primary challenge DFW Jun 2021 #30

If the fillibuster isn't ejected now the GOP will eject it if and when they get the house. hadEnuf Jun 2021 #36

;-{) Goonch Jun 2021 #39

That is what I thought about Donnelly here in Indiana. LiberalFighter Jun 2021 #40

Truman said it best; people don't like fake conservatives uponit7771 Jun 2021 #52

$$$$$$$ budkin Jun 2021 #48

One factor is that Sinema likes the attention nt PufPuf23 Jun 2021 #49

I question the motivations behind her behavior. Roisin Ni Fiachra Jun 2021 #55