Better for the country in the long run but I think it's further proof for a lot of us - she was in this for the attention and once that faded, so did she.

(you know - Sinema)

Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

paying taxes. To hell with her. On greased skids. Her schtick was tiresome anyway.

Sinema, a middle school mean girl, delivered for Mitch McConnell...her ridiculous "look at me/look at me" outfits (a cross between Minnie Mouse (pre-pants)/Betty Boop/Cruella de Vil), her Senate buffoonery, teaming up with Joe Manchin to derail Biden's agenda, and abandoning her party/her constituents defined her and was her downfall...she will not be missed

Now that Hogan is running in the republican primary, people need to work really hard to hold that seat democratic.

those funds?

IMO that's maybe what explains her silly, one-term Senate career where she torpedoed her own party's agenda so often.

She must've gotten rich and knew she had no chance at getting re-elect after the bait-and-switch actions she took against her party.

It really took me a moment to figure out what was going on.
I was sat there thinking "they can just put it in a new account? wtf?"

Doesn’t have the courage or political direction to pick a party.

she may end up in Russia

I know I shouldn't jinx things by saying so (except that I've already told him so!). I just don't think Putin has enough in his treasury to throw this one, and nor do the Trumpanzees.

I talked with him at length last year on a number of subjects, hope to meet up again next month in DC. What he knows, he knows well, and what he doesn't know, he is aware of it, and is willing to learn. I see him serving three terms at least, and he should make a great Arizona Democratic Senate team with Mark Kelly.

If the Republicans killing the border bill convinced her to get out then they delivered a major blow to their majority hopes.

Her planned departure is welcome news.

Take your wardrobe and get out.

My son lives in Phoenix and is very active in the Democratic party. He said she knew she had a ZERO chance of getting re-elected.

* and it always amazed me that she was a Senator.

It is typical to blame "Congress" when the root is Gingrich GOP.

I saw this earlier today - https://apnews.com/article/newt-gingrich-tulane-university-congressional-papers-3398ec872b0d2963962ad14f82d52ffa



(I guess like Turtle, "his work is done" - MISSION ACCOMPLISHED)

Those two were dedicated to gaining power to their party regardless of cost to people.

To some, it seems that the current GOP strategy is relatively new, starting with obstruction in the Obama era or the era of Trump. It's not new, of course. It's the Gingrich playbook taken to new extremes. Gingrich learned from Lee Atwater and others.

The Contract on America lives.

Representative Newt Gingrich of Georgia was a rising star in the GOP by 1987, either despite or because of his aggressive political tactics toward other members. Almost as soon as the Georgian had entered the House in 1979, he began making ethics charges against colleagues for alleged improprieties, notably against Barney Frank and Charles C. Diggs. In addition to personally spearheading these investigations, he transformed the speech of the political right from pointed rhetoric to sheer vitriol, referring to past and present Democratic speakers of the House as “crooks,” “traitors,” and “thugs.” This kind of personal attack against the opposition and even fellow Republicans would be seen again and again in the rise of other ambitious politicians in the years ahead.

she's is an idiot... did she really think she was going to get a pass with the "F off" ring and obtuse curtsey she gave w/ her wannabe "mavericky" thumbs down vote killing minimum wage or then changing affiliation.

Once you trash your own word you might get a chance to redeem yourself once depending on the pool you swim in but you can never be trusted again and will be PNG'd at the 1st available opportunity.

and got enough lobbyist money to buy plenty of cute outfits. She looked at her own ring and it told her to F off.

I actually used to donate to her when she was a new Democrat running in Arizona. What a disappointment!

I'm celebrating by donating to Ruben Gallego: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/to_ruben

as we needed that seat. And now here we are today.

Am ecstatic that Gallego doesn't have to worry about that split vote.

just as bad.

Go follow other Democratic turncoats and whine about them on Fox News.

Don't let the door hit you where the good lord split you.

At 12:01p on January 3rd.. KS will finally disappear. I am sure there will be antics, but I look forward to never giving her another thought.

The political career of Sinema will be the standard on which all political sell outs will be compared. What a profound disappointment she was. She bet on the GOP compromising! Gosh darn she was a fool. She gave up her party, potential and place in history for nothing!.. but a wad of cash. There will never be a political sell out like her. At a time when women's rights and voting rights were taking a huge hit, she was awol. Worse than that, she started supporting the other team! She could have been a leader.

I hope other Democrats who are watching this truly see the reality. IF you abandon your party and publicized beliefs, you will be ousted. She was even betting on moderation from so called AZ independents.. Fool I say! I suspect many independents in AZ are fairly conservative and are either Libertarian in beliefs or are embarrassed being associated with state GOP.

While she loves to bash Dems, and Fox loves that.. I believe she will not do a TV gig. Her history is running from the media and she was very rarely on network news shows as a commentator. I don't know enough about lobbying, but who will take her calls?

I think she will chill and enjoy her wine. Maybe a college type gig? She did keep teaching while she was a senator. Is that enough attention for her?

I think her future is writing a book. Then she will time the release for 2028 election. She will go with the both sides suck babble - in a none incumbent election. She will travel the US running as an independent FOR PRESIDENT - promoting her book at every stop. That jives with her ego and exaggerated view of self worth. The book will be spicy and have lots of bits to get media attention. This is her way of getting attention and converting that old campaign money to book sales.

is what it's supposed to be. Good for her to drop out.

You mean performance art while fucking over working class people?

Had no idea.

:::curtsies:::