In the discussion thread: Rejoice--Kyrsten Sinema's Political Career is Already Over [View all]
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Fri Jan 21, 2022, 04:42 PM
ShazzieB (11,755 posts)
37. Did you read the article?
I did, and I recommend it as a very interesting read.
The author very clearly lays out why none of the options open to her can save her political career at this point. Here's what he says about her becoming a Republican: Some people say she’ll have the last laugh if she just switches parties and throws the Senate into GOP hands even before the 2022 election. That’s entirely possible, given her reported egomania. But while she can become a Republican she can’t win reelection as a Republican. Sinema is pro-choice. She’s affirmatively irreligious. She’s openly bisexual. On virtually every hot-button culture-war issue she has standard Democratic positions. There’s no place for her in the GOP and no way to win a Republican primary. Perhaps Mitch McConnell might offer to clear the field for her in exchange for making him Majority Leader. But it’s just not in his power to do. There’s a backlog of Arizona Republicans who want that seat. They’re not going to stand aside to let her take the seat as a Republican. And the state’s Republican voters won’t either.
She's in the Senate now, and we're stuck with her through 2024. But I think this article makes a good case for her Senatorial career being over after that, no matter what she does. |
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