Was Sinema right?

[henster]

She took a lot of heat for her conservative voting record throughout Biden's term but looking at how AZ trended, was she right to be such a thorn on Biden's side? Gallego ended up running the same type of campaign she did in 2018 and probably would've ran in 2024.

[New World Man]

Not at all. She's a neo-liberal who opposed some of the real positive aspect's of Biedn's agenda(child tax credit,voting rights).

[Existing in the context]

She was part of the problem. Joining another party to block meaningful legislation is not bipartisanship its doing nothing. The bipartisanship of doing nothing is part of the reason so many Americans feel as if nothing is changing.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Uhhh Gallego won while Trump carried the state.

Trump has been the only Republican to win statewide since 2018.

So, no. She derailed the Biden agenda, and was a mistake to recruit in 2018.

[Virginiá]

She didn't just have a conservative voting record that went against the wishes of her party, she had terrible constituent services and the only part of the job she seemed to enjoy was entertaining lobbyists and her growing corporate audience.

Now she has all the time in the world to do what she loves: buckraking, lobbying and serving her corporate employers

[Rhode Islander First, American Second]

She was at the center of nearly every major piece of legislation passed during the Biden administration.

She actually put her head down and did the work. An extremely effective Senator.

[Atlas Force]

I have a hard time believing Sinema knew or predicted anything about how Arizona would vote this year that we didn’t, if that’s what OP is trying to imply

[Schumer can go f*** himself!]

No, she was one of the most useless wastes of space we’ve seen in Congress in quite some time.  A parasite through and through.

[politicallefty]

She was right to stand down for reelection. If she had run in any fashion, I think we'd have Senator-elect Lake right now.

[Pericles]

For both Democrats and the US's faith in government, she is the problem. Yet some people still haven't learned from this utter disaster of a Senator and don't support precautions to stop new ones like her.

[MargieCat]

She was not right.

Harris did not lose because of ideological reasons.

It's not always about a left-right paradigm.

[smoltchanov]

Partially. Harris lost Arizona, but ideology, though playing a role in it, wasn't deciding factor. Gallego (left wing) - won, but that's not an argument either, because against "normal Republican" (not Lake)  he would lose. Country moved and even rushed to the right, though not neccessarily to the Trump? I have no doubts in it, here she was partially right (sorry))). But i think - in four years Trump will give US people a lot of reasons to reconsider..

[Reactionary Libertarian]

She moderated on all the wrong issues. She was all-in the inflationary ARP and transgenderism but also went to bat for private equity and opposed a $15 minimum wage. There is zero constituency for that. She was totally wrong and she’s also wrong about the filibuster.

[CheapDollarEra?]

Had she stayed as dem, she would had lost her primary to Gsllego.

[They are eating the pets]

Sinema and Manchin are the biggest factors as to why Harris lost. They tanked everythıng positive that the Biden administration could claim as a win for the American people.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

No, that level of alcohol consumption is against good medical advice and can result in long-term health problems.