Commissar SFLUFAN Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Sinema leaving the Democratic Party and registering as an independent | CNN Politics WWW.CNN.COM Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is leaving the Democratic Party and registering as a political independent, she told CNN's Jake Tapper in an exclusive TV interview. Quote Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is leaving the Democratic Party and registering as a political independent, she told CNN’s Jake Tapper in an exclusive TV interview. “I’ve registered as an Arizona independent. I know some people might be a little bit surprised by this, but actually, I think it makes a lot of sense,” Sinema said in a Thursday interview with Tapper in her Senate office. “I’ve never fit neatly into any party box. I’ve never really tried. I don’t want to,” she added. “Removing myself from the partisan structure – not only is it true to who I am and how I operate, I also think it’ll provide a place of belonging for many folks across the state and the country, who also are tired of the partisanship.” Quote Sinema’s move away from the Democratic Party is unlikely to change the power balance in the next Senate. Democrats will have a narrow 51-49 majority that includes two independents who caucus with them: Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Angus King of Maine. While Sanders and King formally caucus with Democrats, Sinema declined to explicitly say that she would do the same. She did note, however, that she expects to keep her committee assignments – a signal that she doesn’t plan to upend the Senate composition, since Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer controls committee rosters for Democrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted December 9, 2022 Author Share Posted December 9, 2022 Per the Arizona Central: Quote She plans to caucus with Democrats, giving the party an edge on committee seats, something that could prove especially important to moving quickly on judicial nominations. But Sinema will remain uninvolved in party leadership votes and advancing the party’s broader efforts. She envisions a more detached role for herself than the Senate’s two other independents, Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Angus King of Maine, both of whom are usually in sync with Democrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Essentially this is her announcement for re-election. I hope she can’t find staff to get signatures to qualify for the ballot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Also congrats to the Republican for winning az senate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted December 9, 2022 Author Share Posted December 9, 2022 8 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Essentially this is her announcement for re-election. I hope she can’t find staff to get signatures to qualify for the ballot 7 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Also congrats to the Republican for winning az senate It's absolutely a move to "blackmail" the Arizona Democratic Party into declining to run someone against her in the general election. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 This is what you all wanted, right? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: It's absolutely a move to "blackmail" the Arizona Democratic Party into declining to run someone against her in the general election. Even if they didn’t she would have to get people to vote for her instead of leave the ballot blank. And it’s not like people in AZ don’t vote for republicans either! All they have to do is nominate someone who isn’t insane (impossible challenge) and it’s very winnable for Rs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleronin Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 She got a taste of being the center of attention in Washington and with Warnock's win can't bear the thought of letting it go. Betting if Walker would have won this wouldn't have happened. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 11 minutes ago, mclumber1 said: This is what you all wanted, right? She didn’t commit seppuku so no. 3 2 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 1 hour ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Also congrats to the Republican for winning az senate I don't see this mattering to this degree, she basically pissed off Rs and Ds pretty equally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 This pleases President Manchin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 43 minutes ago, PaladinSolo said: I don't see this mattering to this degree, she basically pissed off Rs and Ds pretty equally. I think he means she will split the vote when she runs for re-election. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema- Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 I don't see it where more Ds cross for sinema than Rs cross against seditionist insanity, even in AZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxmatt Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Quote I’ve registered as an Arizona independent. I know some people might be a little bit surprised by this, but actually, I think it makes a lot of sense,” Sinema said [narrator] No one was surprised by this. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Joe said: I think he means she will split the vote when she runs for re-election. I'm aware, but dems hate her more than the GOP does. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 1 hour ago, PaladinSolo said: I don't see this mattering to this degree, she basically pissed off Rs and Ds pretty equally. Rs would never vote for her regardless, she’s “moderate” but not in the way Rs like. She’s doing what Lieberman did but in a state republicans can win 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Also possible this is a move for president which is lmao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwheel86 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Kick her off her committees. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazyPiranha Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 This thread title is an insult to Sailor Moon 1 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 3 hours ago, Littleronin said: She got a taste of being the center of attention in Washington and with Warnock's win can't bear the thought of letting it go. Betting if Walker would have won this wouldn't have happened. This. Absolutely this. 30 minutes ago, LazyPiranha said: This thread title is an insult to Sailor Moon Yeah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 If any senator needs to go independent it’s manchin. Doing so only increases his (currently) low chances of winning re-election to the senate or governors office whatever he chooses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Sinema's entire Senate career summed up in a Bart Simpson YouTube Short..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 24, 2023 Author Share Posted October 24, 2023 Senator Sailor Moon gets some time in the new Mitt Romney biography: Kyrsten Sinema said she doesn't care if she loses reelection because she 'saved the Senate by myself' and can go serve 'on any board I want to,' book says WWW.BUSINESSINSIDER.COM According to the new Mitt Romney biography, Sinema thinks she single-handedly saved the Senate and can now retreat to a cushy post-Congress life. Quote According to reporter McKay Coppins's new book, "Romney: A Reckoning," Sinema once told Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah that she could "do anything" once she's out of office and feels that what she's done in the Senate is "good enough." "I don't care. I can go on any board I want to. I can be a college president. I can do anything," she told Romney, according to the book. "I saved the Senate filibuster by myself. I saved the Senate by myself. That's good enough for me." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 23 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: "I saved the Senate filibuster by myself. I saved the Senate by myself." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finaljedi Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 I mean her heel turn to buck the Democrats was transparently her auditioning for her post Senate career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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