• nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    If she does care about reelection why is she being so flippantly shitty? She could be making concerned faces and talking about how difficult these decisions are and how concerned she is about spending or whatever but she's just acting like a child. Hard to figure what her plan is if she wants to get reelected and she's not just dumb.

    • Abraxiel
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      3 years ago

      she's not up for re-election until 2024. Nothing she does now matters.

    • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I think she's playing the girlboss bit as far as it will go, and fully understands how hard it is to primary a senator from the left.

      • VHS [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        can't wait to see Pelosi go all-in to prevent Sinema from getting primaried as a reward for trying to sink the entire party's agenda

    • bananon [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Maybe in some fucked up monkeys paw way her past as an anarchist lets her realize the real powers in capital, so she’s racking up as many corporate good girl points to eventually leave office and join capital directly.

        • pppp1000 [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          She used to run with anarchist crowd in AZ. But I don't know her past ideology leanings when reports came out that the stories about sleeping in a car with her mother were made up by herself so that she could appeal to left leaning people.

    • Blottergrass [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Being elected a senator is basically winning the lottery. You can do good things or you can become rich and create generational wealth. She's choosing to do the latter.

      • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Most of the ones who do the latter do it with the goal of staying in power as long as possible, though. Maybe she can get a job lobbying or as a token exec, but for what purpose? She'll be unable to interface with GOP politcians because she's a dem, she'll have trouble with a lot of dems now (not necessary the DNC brass). I still think the smart play would be to do what she's doing politically while trying to seem sincere and concerned.