2020 AZ Senate Megathread: Kelly's Race to Lose

[Frenchrepublican]

Simplest answer--She is an idiot.  It's a pretty common affliction in the GOP

Yeah because insulting tens of millions of people just because of their partisan affiliation is very clever, if there is a idiot here your are probably the one.

[Frenchrepublican]

Simplest answer--She is an idiot.  It's a pretty common affliction in the GOP

Yeah because insulting tens of millions of people just because of their partisan affiliation is very clever, if there is a idiot here your are probably the one.

Republicans: Those liberal Californians and New Yorkers are scumbag elitists and a scourge on this nation.

"Just campaign strategy people, gotta appeal to the #WWC."

Someone: suggest the party full of climate deniers and that uses "The brown people are coming!" as a main tactic isn't the sharpest bunch of knives.

"This is highly offensive and defamatory to tens of millions! When will the divisiveness end?"

Neither me nor the vast majority of Republicans on this forum are insulting Democratic posters because of their partisan affiliation, thus some respect from the other side would be appropriate.

[Frenchrepublican]

Simplest answer--She is an idiot.  It's a pretty common affliction in the GOP

Yeah because insulting tens of millions of people just because of their partisan affiliation is very clever, if there is a idiot here your you're are probably the one.

If you are going to call someone an idiot then you should check your spelling first.

That’s due to my IPhone corrector, I have a French version so sometimes a word I write is automatically corrected in another one, but yeah I know that you’re =/= your. Still my point stands, don’t insult without any reason other people just because of their partisan affiliation

[Frenchrepublican]

Simplest answer--She is an idiot.  It's a pretty common affliction in the GOP

Yeah because insulting tens of millions of people just because of their partisan affiliation is very clever, if there is a idiot here your are probably the one.

The really embarrassing part is that, as of my writing, that post has received fifteen likes. Cringeworthy.

Seventeen now. But this is Atlas, dominated by people who are ardent political partisans and personally despise those who don't agree with them ideologically.

Yeah, it's unfortunate. Especially when you consider that most republicans on this forum are generally respectful toward people from other political parties, it's not like if Atlas republicans were hardcore Trumpists calling every liberal a ''snowflake''.

[Frenchrepublican]

I was baffled they appointed her & surely there must be someone better in Arizona considering it's such a heavily republican state

The theory is that she got appointed specifically to lose, which would allow Ducey to run in 2022 without handing power immediately over to the democratic SoS.

The hilarous outcome of course is either her winning or Kelly winning and then beating Ducey.

Kelly is in trouble in 2022 if Biden wins.

Yeah, especially, and here lies the irony, if democrats take back the Senate as that would probably assure that a lot of progressive legislations would be enacted into laws, which in turn could result in a backlash in Arizona

[Frenchrepublican]

I imagine Sinema will win reelection pretty handily, especially if the number of ticket splitters decrease. She's up in a presidential year (2024) and Arizona will vote Democrat at the presidential level then (if not 2020, which I expect to happen anyways.)

If AZ continues going the way its going, she'd probably be more vulnerable in a primary than a general (and even that is unlikely).

I kinda feel like Sinema will slowly become more progressive as her state becomes more progressive. She used to be more leftie but as a senator, she had to be moderate to win, and she wants to stick to her word, at least for a while. I think she'll become more like Micheal Bennet by 2024 and less like a Manchin

That's called the Gillibrand Plyabook.

[Frenchrepublican]

I was baffled they appointed her & surely there must be someone better in Arizona considering it's such a heavily republican state

The theory is that she got appointed specifically to lose, which would allow Ducey to run in 2022 without handing power immediately over to the democratic SoS.

The hilarous outcome of course is either her winning or Kelly winning and then beating Ducey.

Kelly is in trouble in 2022 if Biden wins.

I don’t see it - dems would have a narrow Senate majority. Not enough to truly rock the boat and if Kelly votes like Manchin/Sinema, I think he’d get a full term

Schumer would be under a lot of pressure from the left, from Pelosi, from the medias and probably from the White House to dismantle the fillibuster. It would open the door to a truckload of progressive legislations ranging from gun control to tax hikes which would probably make thing quite hard for Kelly.

As for Manchin and Sinema both will probably move considerably to the left if democrats take the Senate.