When Schumer arbitrarily plucked Kyrsten Sinema out of the House to run for the Senate, she had the single worst voting record in Congress among all Democrats— and she was chair of the right-wing Blue Dogs… and corrupt as hell. All these things went into Schumer’s decision. He had the Democratic Party spend over $19 million on her campaign. She repaid him by denouncing the Democratic Party and her Senate colleagues and declaring herself an Independent. She’s always been an asshole— and I’ve known her up close and personal when she was still in the Arizona legislature.
Now she’s on the ropes electorally and hasn’t officially declared she’s running yet. But she is. Her operatives— some of the most filthy characters involved with DC politics— have put together the most vicious smear campaign against Democrat Ruben Gallego I’ve ever seen in my life. And with Kari Lake carrying the Republican banner, Sinema thinks she can draw significant votes from Republicans. In fact, she’s long been more popular among GOP voters than with Democrats. She’s Ione of the most hated politicians in America— and one of the most corrupt. She may not have gold bars hanging around her house, but she takes immense sums of money from all the bad guys and used her influence on their behalf. Her colleagues in the Senate hope she loses and they never hear from her again.
This morning NBC News leaked a campaign memo that she’s been showing wealthy campaign contributors, her pathway to victory… which amounts to winning the lion’s share of independent voters (60-70%)— which isn’t going to happen— plus between 25-35% of Republican votes and between 10 and 20% of Democratic voters. All of those numbers are wildly optimist, actually downright deceptive. NBC’s report emphasizes that “Alongside a headshot of her and a section titled ‘Kyrsten Will Win Arizona,’ the document says: ‘If the parties nominate extremists, as expected, Kyrsten will win a majority of IND, at least a third of REP and a percentage of DEM voters— making her the first Independent to win a three-way statewide race in American history.’ A source shared the document, which has circulated among Arizona political operatives in recent days. The two-page pitch shows that even as Sinema's team insists she isn't focused on electoral politics, she is actively laying the groundwork for a potential independent candidacy, a wild card in a key swing state that will shape the battle for control of the Senate next year.”
Sinema’s race will be the top No Labels campaign, whether they win a presidential candidate or not. Although she denies she has decided whether or not to run, she’s hovered up over $10 million and the document says “Paid for by Sinema for Arizona.” Always the lying piece of crap.
Notably, the document suggests Sinema will attract more votes from Arizona Republicans than Democrats, despite having been a Democrat for a decade in Congress and continuing to get her committee assignments through the Democratic Senate majority.
…Under a section titled “Kyrsten Delivers for Arizona,” the prospectus credits Sinema with legislative achievements like the bipartisan infrastructure law, postal reform, codification of same-sex marriage and a gun law that Congress passed last year.
It touts lower drug prices under the Inflation Reduction Act, a law that Sinema cast a decisive vote for last year after she compelled Democrats to pare a provision to empower Medicare to negotiate drug prices, to the chagrin of the White House and some activists who wanted it to be more aggressive.
She is eying a coalition unseen in modern American politics, with substantial support from voters in both parties and a dominant showing among independents. It's far from clear she can achieve the ambitious targets in the prospectus. The Senate has two other independents — Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Angus King of Maine — but both clearly align with Democrats and have strong support in the party. Sinema, by contrast, has stopped attending regular Senate Democratic meetings and has cut ties with the Arizona Democratic Party.
Polling in the race is sparse, with the field still taking shape. Recent surveys by Emerson College and Noble Predictive Insights show Sinema trailing in various potential three-way races. The Emerson poll found her pulling more support from a Republican candidate than from a Democrat.
