Manchin's voters love him...they don't seem to be bothered by remaining one of the poorest states in the country, with low literacy, abysmal health care, and few decent prospects outside coal jobs. Manchin is the only Democrat who will ever win in WV. Sinema's poll numbers are terrible, but she has the backing of big pharma, and corpor…
Manchin's voters love him...they don't seem to be bothered by remaining one of the poorest states in the country, with low literacy, abysmal health care, and few decent prospects outside coal jobs. Manchin is the only Democrat who will ever win in WV. Sinema's poll numbers are terrible, but she has the backing of big pharma, and corporate donors, she can point to the infrastructure bill she helped negotiate, and she may well get the support of moderate Republicans voters who view her as a check on 'socialism'. She knows exactly what she's doing. I don't think Manchin or Sinema care about being in the minority, but both should care that their electoral 'wins' could be overturned by WV/AZ voter nullification laws. And again, as long as Biden refuses to endorse a carve-out for democracy hardening legislation, he provides ample cover for Manchin, Sinema, Hasan, and other moderates who refuse to budge on the filibuster.
Thank you for the information. Even so, she has a large war chest and name recognition. I know that there is a PAC (with no candidate) devoted to primarying Sinema, but this strategy failed with Susan Collins. It's not enough to be against her, AZ Democrats have to find a dynamic candidate.
And if a carve out for voting rights protection isn't as important as the other carve outs, then survival is not as important as eating or sleeping or any other portion of the business of survival.
Manchin's voters love him...they don't seem to be bothered by remaining one of the poorest states in the country, with low literacy, abysmal health care, and few decent prospects outside coal jobs. Manchin is the only Democrat who will ever win in WV. Sinema's poll numbers are terrible, but she has the backing of big pharma, and corporate donors, she can point to the infrastructure bill she helped negotiate, and she may well get the support of moderate Republicans voters who view her as a check on 'socialism'. She knows exactly what she's doing. I don't think Manchin or Sinema care about being in the minority, but both should care that their electoral 'wins' could be overturned by WV/AZ voter nullification laws. And again, as long as Biden refuses to endorse a carve-out for democracy hardening legislation, he provides ample cover for Manchin, Sinema, Hasan, and other moderates who refuse to budge on the filibuster.
As a Dem in AZ, i can assure you, Sinema will be primaried. We are very unhappy with her. AZ has closed primaries.
Thank you for the information. Even so, she has a large war chest and name recognition. I know that there is a PAC (with no candidate) devoted to primarying Sinema, but this strategy failed with Susan Collins. It's not enough to be against her, AZ Democrats have to find a dynamic candidate.
She will not win a closed Dem primary.
We already have a couple picked out. There is no point in trying to do anything now, we’re stuck with her for 3 more years.
It's really not too early to build name recognition, but happy to hear that there are good candidates.
Thanks for the post! I'm hopeful.
And if a carve out for voting rights protection isn't as important as the other carve outs, then survival is not as important as eating or sleeping or any other portion of the business of survival.