Lawrence O'Donnell, a former Senate staffer, discusses a portion of self-aggrandizing twit Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's speech yesterday at Sen. Mitch "Grim Reaper" McConnell's taxpayer subsidized "Center" at the University of Louisville.
As the polling shows, Sinema has, indeed, achieved bipartisanship: she's equally toxic with the entire political spectrum:
As the linked article concludes:
Is there any reason to highlight these poll numbers, other than that they are funny? Yes! In January, my colleague Christina Cauterucci tried to figure out what exactly Sinema was trying to, like, do. What’s the game plan? She seems set up for failure in any 2024 primary. Her willingness to tank major parts of the Democratic agenda is so established now that even her role in helping the recent Inflation Reduction Act pass did not make a majority of her Democratic constituents like her. And while Arizona Republicans briefly warmed to Sinema when she skipped the Jan. 6 Commission vote, it’s not like they would ever vote for her in a Republican primary—not as long as the GOP can scrape up at least one Nathan Arizona–type blowhard with a MAGA hat and a pulse.
Cauterucci, in January, highlighted a rumor that Sinema was attempting to set herself up for a run for president in 2024 as a straight-down-the-middle candidate. If this happens, these poll numbers suggest that she may, indeed, be the one candidate who can truly unite America.
She might be a good fit in Andrew Yang's equally pernicious and substance-free "Forward Party." Or maybe McConnell will put her in charge of the "McConnell Center," since she shares his "values."
