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Originally Posted by RainMaker
Sinema was pretty far to the left when she started her career. Was a member of the Green Party and refused to take donations (called them bribes at the time). Now she's actively opposing issues she ran on just a couple of years ago. You don't flip that hard that fast without some kind of incentive.
She grew up incredibly poor. Got her first taste of the good life when she became a Senator and has taken a liking to it. Sure it might be short-sighted, but if you grew up without running water or electricity, having lobbyists throw money at you and your new designer lifestyle can have an impact.
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And I think just the opposite. Independent voters control the national races here (30%+ registered independents) and they went for Trump in 2016, which is the same block that put Biden over in 2020.
Recent history here shows that to win a senate seat you need to be closer to center (not the same at all on the state senate level) and you can look at flake, McCain, Kelly and Sinema as proof of that.
Whatever her financial motivations, I think she is definitely looking long term, knowing that outside of getting primaried, she won't lose to about anyone the current GOP puts up, as long as she continues to court the center, because dems will not flip and most won't stay home because they want to avoid people like Wendy Rogers and Kelly Ward winning a national senate seat.