Kristen...Christine...Kyrsten Sinema's latest Drama Queen PAY ATTENTION TO ME stunt is deeply damaging to Democratic slim hopes to hold on to the Senate in 2024. With the 51st Senate seat being captured, Sinema's incessant need to be the center of attention has been degraded. Additionally, the swerve of the Arizona GOP into QAnon-land has rendered the possibility of Ruben Gallego winning the primary and the general election pretty solid. Sinema is increasingly toxic within the Arizona Democratic Party, and I think even someone as obtuse as she is knows this.
If - as she claims, which who the fuck knows what her claims are worth - she does not change how she votes, this has very few implications for the next two years. Democrats will have a solid if thin majority that will allow them to hold majority positions on committees.
No, this is about ratfucking the 2024 Senate election. If she runs as an independent and Gallego runs as the Democrat, then this dramatically increases the odds of Senator Kari Lake or Senator Paul Gosar for six nightmarish years.
Biden needs a plan to offer her a plum job somewhere - Ambassador to Monaco - just to get her toxic need to be the center of attention out of the Senate. Arizona has a Democratic governor who can appoint Gallego to an interim appointment. Sinema can then transition to what she really wants to be: a K-Street prostitute.
Joe Manchin I always understood. Sinema is just a toxic narcissist and needs to be treated as the closest thing to Trump the Democratic Party has produced.
UPDATE: Paul Campos thinks this might be prelude to a No Labels third party run. She has to know she's deadmeat in Arizona.
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