Thread by @GaryLegum

Kyrsten Sinema sounds like one of those people who makes you want to run headfirst into a wall after five minutes of conversation.

politico.com/news/2021/02/1…

Like, there's no principle at work here. There's nothing sacred about reconciliation, it's just a kludge to keep the Senate from 100% gridlock. She's being obstinate and contrarian just for the sake of it.

Raising the minimum wage, even if it's still too low, would help millions of people, and that's less important to Sinema then maintaining some pointless and outdated notions of republicanism. Just gobsmackingly self-centered and stupid.

I'm often sympathetic to purple-state Democrats, they have to walk a fine line. But keeping the filibuster intact does not reduce petty partisanship. We have a decade of evidence to prove it. Just a ridiculous position to take at this point.