GOP planning to use Sinema against Mark Kelly.

[Nevilledog]

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Manu Raju
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GOP planning to use Sinema against Mark Kelly.

Cornyn to us: "I think there's going to be a big contrast in Arizona where one senator said not withstanding her support for the legislation she believes it's important ... to have bipartisanship and one senator that doesn't."
10:24 AM · Jan 19, 2022

[Mr. Ected]

1. The words bipartisanship and Republican do not belong in the same sentence

Bipartisanship is only operative to a right winger when it's a Democrat ceding to them, and not vice versa.

[Celerity]

2. perfectly succinct summation

[Hortensis]

4. Their plan is beyond question to flip both senate seats Republican.

People should notice their wording ONLY to analyze its purpose -- various choices are intended to tweak LW and RW emotions, separately and/or together. LW, of course to vote against or not vote at all.

[fescuerescue]

11. I would be kinda of shocked if they didn't want.

[Emile]

5. I hope the DNC plan is to use Sinema against Sinema

[lagomorph777]

7. Yes please. I'm really tired of this movie. Time to leave the Sinema.

[Mad_Machine76]

6. Sinema created an opening for this

Not sure it's going to work but Sinema would bear part of the blame for it if it does due to her clearly unhelpful behavior. There is no greater living example of "How to lose friends and alienate people" than Sinema.

[FBaggins]

12. Actually... Schumer created the opening for this

Kelly was effectively hiding behind Manchin/Sinema and didn't need to firmly commit to blowing up the filibuster until Schumer declared that he would hold a "nuclear" vote forcing everyone onto the record one way or the other.

[BradAllison]

8. Kyrrrrrsten and Cornhole are good buddies

All you need to know.

[GoCubsGo]

9. An interesting strategy here.

She is reviled for her current behavior, so I'm not sure how it will hurt Mark Kelly for not behaving like she is. This is the kind of shit they have to pull, because all they have left in their party is the dregs of humanity.

[Gore1FL]

10. My money is on Kelly. nt

[W_HAMILTON]

13. That will only help Kelly.

Kelly running against Sinema will do better than Kelly having to run on defending Sinema's actions.

[BlueIdaho]

14. Good Luck With That

With Sinema’s popularity near zero don’t expect republicans to rally around a bi-sexual Democrat.