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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums[McConnell] Calls her "the most effective first-term senator I've seen in my time in the Senate"
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Calls her "the most effective first-term senator I've seen in my time in the Senate"
Sinema speaking now about her friendship with McConnellshe says based in our pragmatic approach to legislating, respect for the Senate, love for our home states, and dogged determination on behalf of our constituents
After McConnell suggests Sinema saved Senate for opposing filibuster change, Sinema calls 60-vote threshold a "guardrail" ... and "a tool that requires new federal policy to be broadly supported by senators, representing a broader cross-section of Americans"
Sinema: "If you don't fit in todays Washington, trust me, they want to kick you out. But I've never really wanted to fit in, in Washington or anywhere else."
Interesting: Sinema calls for restoring 60-vote threshold for *everything* in the Senatenominations included
Sinema says her top remaining priority is immigration reformsays she'll reach out to Cornyn post-election
Her goal: "bringing in good people who want to be a part of this country... and also to ensure that we actually have security on our border. Right now, we do not."
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Walleye
(31,028 posts)I say if you dont wanna be a part of the government and work in Washington DC and dont fucking go there
3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)...for decades.
Walleye
(31,028 posts)And I always want to say something like, you did know where the job was when you applied for it didnt you. I guess they cant make as much money working in their own state capital. A US senator has plenty of chances to get filthy rich. If they have no scruples
Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)2. Hate the idea of helping Americans and want to stop that.
3. Love the idea of grifting for themselves and rich friends.
Walleye
(31,028 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,140 posts)So by their standards they are happy.
But no amount of money will fill the holes in their souls.
Their anger and hatred tell us they are not happy people.
Walleye
(31,028 posts)Ninga
(8,275 posts)CatWoman
(79,302 posts)He gave numbers; cant remember the percentages, but the number of people who don't approve of her in her home state is very high on both the dem and republican sides.
ProfessorGAC
(65,080 posts)Somebody posted a piece from the Arizona Republic late last week about this.
She was way underwater for all three.
Mad_Machine76
(24,416 posts)who does she think she is trying to appeal to? And does she even notice that whatever she's doing isn't working?! Or care? Or is throwing sand in the gears her primary purpose?
ProfessorGAC
(65,080 posts)If she's appealing to nobody & isn't showing herself to be effective to the voters it might be time to rethink her tactical plan.
Ninga
(8,275 posts)Walleye
(31,028 posts)kimbutgar
(21,164 posts)PortTack
(32,778 posts)arthritisR_US
(7,288 posts)not to the benefit of the democrats but to the rethugs.
Mad_Machine76
(24,416 posts)PortTack
(32,778 posts)Election. So, effective only for the short term.
arthritisR_US
(7,288 posts)belpejic
(720 posts)Turtle endorsement should be the kiss of death for her.
Ray Bruns
(4,098 posts)Or is she just stupid?
Phoenix61
(17,006 posts)Bettie
(16,111 posts)so caught up in her image of herself she can't see past her mirror.
She's the emperor, unaware she has no clothes.
Phoenix61
(17,006 posts)Cant wait to donate to her primary challenger.
Me.
(35,454 posts)Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)area51
(11,912 posts)Celerity
(43,422 posts)Link to tweet
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panader0
(25,816 posts)Good grief.
3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)...a great deal to be desired. She pretty much never looks professional or serious.
Bettie
(16,111 posts)Reminds of the I Love Lucy episode when she and Ethel get "Paris Gowns" made of potato sacks....
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Xoan
(25,321 posts)LenaBaby61
(6,974 posts)Sanity Claws
(21,849 posts)She was most effective Democratic senator for the Republican party but no one else.
Walleye
(31,028 posts)Honestly I think she just gets off on being a contrarian and doesnt really want a political career
Emile
(22,798 posts)Perfect reaction to anything the Turtle says.
Baitball Blogger
(46,744 posts)She's good for somebody's interest. Just not the interest of Arizonians.
vanlassie
(5,678 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)knowing what they were going to get (but hoping!)...have what they didn't know they were going to get.
Of course, our side didn't seem to have an electable alternative, and remembering that Martha McSally was the default should help -- Sinema's a "win." But she can at least serve as a cautionary tale for other races, like 2024. There were plenty of alarming warning signs.
In It to Win It
(8,256 posts)BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)🤢🤢🤢🤮
Walleye
(31,028 posts)Mad_Machine76
(24,416 posts)but they definitely elected themselves a Lemon
Walleye
(31,028 posts)But I wish we could do this one
Mad_Machine76
(24,416 posts)unless somebody is doing some seriously bad stuff and refuses to resign. But if I were an Arizonan, I'd want to get rid of her.
LenaBaby61
(6,974 posts)They probably don't allow them in red states.
Mad_Machine76
(24,416 posts)Because that was Scott Walker in 2011/2012(?)
LenaBaby61
(6,974 posts)Look at DeathSantis down in floriduh. He's using funds to ship Immigrants to blue states to troll Dems using taxpayer money and that hurricane is heading for floriduh. I guess he'll be begging Pres. Biden for money if that hurricane destroys that place, meanwhile trash Biden and continue to ship immigrants to blue states.
THAT big bag of shit needs to be recalled, but they don't have that mechanism in floriduh I was told.
Mad_Machine76
(24,416 posts)What he is doing with the migrants/asylum seekers is completely inexcusable, not even considering all of the potential criminal/legal ramifications.
Retrograde
(10,137 posts)she'll no longer be a pivotal vote (or at least not as much of one) and she will no longer be courted by Democratic leaders who need 50 votes to get legislation passed. If she goes over the the Dark Side she thinks she'll be courted again by Mitch.
dalton99a
(81,526 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,770 posts)What makes her think anything she proposes can pass the 60 vote test?
Has she got any legislative accomplishments since she entered the senate?
newdayneeded
(1,955 posts)If Mitch McConnel praises you, and you're democrat..........you might be a Trumper!
kentuck
(111,104 posts)Restore the 60-vote threshold for everything, including nominations? Well, sure! Why not? NOw that McConnell has gotten all he wanted from the simple majority.
Also, using her to push the Republican immigration ideas.
McConnell is looking ahead. Maybe he can get Sinema to switch Parties if Democrats end up with a one-vote majority?
Is she trying to be the Democratic "McCain"?
jcgoldie
(11,631 posts)From McConnell's perspective Sinema was very effective. More useful to his agenda than any republican.
Meowmee
(5,164 posts)Last edited Tue Sep 27, 2022, 04:04 PM - Edit history (1)
For this narcissist? Is she getting primaried? She is so revolting, the perpetual smirk.