Tapper: Is the balance of the power in the Senate still going to be 51-49?
Sinema: I know you have to ask that question, Jake, but that's kind of a DC thing to worry about.
She genuinely represents the dominant values of the state though
Horrendous, disgusting values
Any state that wastes as much as they do in Phoenix while living in a desert has some pretty awful values.
Last state to officially recognize MLK day as a holiday and they only did it because the NFL took away the Super Bowl from Phoenix in 1993.
She is now irrelevant
The spread is now 50-49-1
Only reason she is doing this is to most likely try and stay relevant and not get primaried.
Her career is dc is done. Probably already transiting to lobbyist
She is now irrelevant
Not quite.
Biden's appointment's to the federal bench... 51 dem votes makes it a cakewalk. 50 votes means the GOP can throw monkey wrenches into the process
Manchin still exists.
Other shitty dems have kept quiet and let Manchin and Sinema take the heat but it only requires one more dem (the same one or a cast of characters) to suddenly say to the media have the "questions" or there are "issues" and we are back where we were before the elections.
The Dems definitely do sit back and let those two be painted as the bad ones. But I think Manchin was more ready to make deals than Sinema or at least more clear in what he is specifically objecting to. That's at least my sense in the past years but that could be wrong
Yeah, Sinema didn't really lose credibility with centrists until she nuked some deal that Manchin brokered with the rest of the party. I think the leadership genuinely do not like her lol.
51 dem votes is a cakewalk, 50-49-1 is as well, 50-50 is the issue. The question is whether the judiciary committee is evenly split or not, you can't filibuster the floor vote so the main way to delay judicial noms is in committee afaik. I think as long as Sinema doesn't caucus with Republicans, Dems get to have clean majorities in all committees.
There's also the blue slip bullshit. It's just a custom but it allows the dems to fuck themselves if they want to. And why wouldn't they want to?
In the Senate, it is the slip on which the Senators from the state of residence of a federal judicial nominee give an opinion on the nominee.
A Democratic Judicial Makeover Depends on Blue Slips - The American Prospect
Will Senate Democrats let Republicans use an arcane Senate ‘tradition’ to block Biden’s judicial nominees?
I'm not going to read that article because I already wish I could erase the blue slip detail from my brain. Details don't matter when it comes to the democrats. They aren't good at anything except for failing. And if they put their mind to it - they will always fail at Olympic medal level.
Well, now that she can't be primaried that throws the 2024 democratic challengers out. She may still lose but this makes her chances significantly better, as she still has money on her side
She is now irrelevant
Hey, slow down there. Most of these fucks are over 80 and could keel over at any minute.
And we haven't heard whether Manchin or some other flake like Ossoff will make the jump alongside her.
Me: Rainbow capitalism isn’t real, it can’t meaningfully hurt queer rights
Sinema: Hold my beer bro I’ma give you the worst migraine of your bitchy life
I'm not watching the clip but knowing Tapper I'm sure he gave no pushback whatsoever.
What is he going to push back on?
She routinely votes with Republicans. She openly lauds GOP leadership and whines about every Dem initiative. She hates her voter base (and the feeling is increasingly mutual).
"Well, but you said you're a Democrat!"
"I'm not anymore"
"Oh, but won't that be bad for Democrats?"
"I don't care"
"Whaaaa! But why though?!!"
Oh thanks, Tapper. You pushed back. Love the spectacle. Excited to see what will change.
