If she thinks this will help her get re-elected, she's a bigger dumbass than I had assumed. There is a huge mass of voters who will just vote R or D and barely be conscious of the candidate. I'd argue this is probably a majority of voters. Not to mention all the structural hurdles that basically lock out any hope of a third party or an independent winning. Sure Bernie is an independent but he caucuses with the Dems (and let's be real, he's basically a democrat) and is generally beloved in VT. Sinema, I get the impression from Zonies, she is pretty roundly hated. Conservatives "like" her because she screws things but they wouldn't actually vote for her.
I think she actually believes there is some huge bloc of centrist "independent" voters in the country who are up for grabs. Lots of people think this. Of course modern political science shows this isn't the case, nearly everyone's made up their minds and they don't change often. I do think the GOP understands this better and they focus on turning out their base; and they've been pretty successful with this. The DNC on the other hand, well I think they know it too but appealing to their base goes against the donors (capital), so they have to kinda pretend they are going after "centrists" and alienate the base. This makes capital happy and they just continue to either lose ground or be ineffective.
Anyway, "narcissist" is a word that gets thrown around a lot; but I think Sinema here really is a major narcissist in the DSM-V sense of the word. Her position in the senate of having all this leverage has has completely overfed the beast of her ego and now she's just in a state of narcissistic... idk euphoria I guess?
It lets her avoid getting knocked out in the primaries, though, since she no longer has to worry about a different Democrat challenging her. She gets to keep being the center of attention all the way through the general election, as well as hold the Senate seat hostage by threatening to split the Democratic vote and throw the election to the Republicans if they try to run someone to her left.
Of course, there's a strong chance the Ds are so fucking stupid that they'll try to run someone to her right, and then do the :shocked-pikachu: when a fascist Dracula is the one who actually wins.
She probably (correctly) thinks that she could lose her primary regardless. This move will make her more of a celebrity and open up a lot of doors for her post politics carreer.
The real test is if the AZ democratic party just lets her do it and not run anyone or even endorses her. Thats sort of a stretch, but it would be a powerful demonstration of dem loser mentality.
If she thinks this will help her get re-elected, she's a bigger dumbass than I had assumed. There is a huge mass of voters who will just vote R or D and barely be conscious of the candidate. I'd argue this is probably a majority of voters. Not to mention all the structural hurdles that basically lock out any hope of a third party or an independent winning. Sure Bernie is an independent but he caucuses with the Dems (and let's be real, he's basically a democrat) and is generally beloved in VT. Sinema, I get the impression from Zonies, she is pretty roundly hated. Conservatives "like" her because she screws things but they wouldn't actually vote for her.
I think she actually believes there is some huge bloc of centrist "independent" voters in the country who are up for grabs. Lots of people think this. Of course modern political science shows this isn't the case, nearly everyone's made up their minds and they don't change often. I do think the GOP understands this better and they focus on turning out their base; and they've been pretty successful with this. The DNC on the other hand, well I think they know it too but appealing to their base goes against the donors (capital), so they have to kinda pretend they are going after "centrists" and alienate the base. This makes capital happy and they just continue to either lose ground or be ineffective.
Anyway, "narcissist" is a word that gets thrown around a lot; but I think Sinema here really is a major narcissist in the DSM-V sense of the word. Her position in the senate of having all this leverage has has completely overfed the beast of her ego and now she's just in a state of narcissistic... idk euphoria I guess?
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It lets her avoid getting knocked out in the primaries, though, since she no longer has to worry about a different Democrat challenging her. She gets to keep being the center of attention all the way through the general election, as well as hold the Senate seat hostage by threatening to split the Democratic vote and throw the election to the Republicans if they try to run someone to her left.
Of course, there's a strong chance the Ds are so fucking stupid that they'll try to run someone to her right, and then do the :shocked-pikachu: when a fascist Dracula is the one who actually wins.
We already have one Joe Manchin, why not have another
She probably (correctly) thinks that she could lose her primary regardless. This move will make her more of a celebrity and open up a lot of doors for her post politics carreer.
I’d hesitate to diagnose her with anything other than “jerkass bougie sheepdog syndrome”.
The real test is if the AZ democratic party just lets her do it and not run anyone or even endorses her. Thats sort of a stretch, but it would be a powerful demonstration of dem loser mentality.
Yeah can confirm, my lib friends have been pissed with her for awhile down here in AZ.