Zeeshan Aleem: Without the messaging and fundraising apparatuses of the Democratic Party, Sinema will have to lean more on independent outside funding. The best way to ensure that is by becoming even more conservative in her positioning and policy views.
than her in hypothetical match-ups. By exiting the party, Sinema can avoid being ousted from within the party. And if she does run for re-election, she’ll be putting the Democrats in a hard position: If they run a candidate against her, they know it’s likely that her candidacy would split the left-of-center vote and ensure that a Republican wins.There’s a leave-me-alone-and-nobody-gets-hurt vibe emerging.
But in reality Sinema's decision to go independent raises questions about whether she’ll actually remain the same. Without the messaging and fundraising apparatuses of the Democratic Party, Sinema will have to lean more on independent outside funding, and it seems all too likely that funding will come from deep-pocketed corporate donors.
In recent years, Sinema’s objections to policies like higher corporate tax rates and her defense of Big Pharma profits resulted in her
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