Arizona Senator Mark Kelly has come out in support of exempting voting rights from the filibuster. This was always going to happen. He was only “keeping an open mind” so as to appear reasonable in the eyes of swing voters in his purple state. It’s just how politics works.
All that media hype about Mark Kelly being on the fence was just that, media hype. Scare you into fearing he might go the other way, so you’ll stare paralyzed at your screen and boost their ratings while awaiting his “decision.”
The only real news here is that with Mark Kelly now out of the closet on this, it places even more pressure on the other senator from his state, Kyrsten Sinema. Time for us all to ram up the pressure on her. Call her office now at 202-224-4521 (be civil or you’re not helping)
And if you’re bothered that good politicians from moderate states like to publicly “keep an open mind” before inevitably doing the right thing, frankly you just have to get over it. This is just how politics works, even if the media never admits as much.
If a good Democrat can get re-elected by verbally playing both sides and then voting our way, then more power to them. Doesn’t hurt us any. We want Mark Kelly re-elected, right? So let him play the game the way it has to be played in moderate states.
As for Sinema, she’s playing a different game, a deranged and dumb one that she doesn’t yet seem to realize is costing her. We have to make sure she realizes just how badly it’s costing her, so she’ll feel pressure to vote correctly.
Sinema seems to think she can take dark money, vote the wrong way, and still get re-elected. We have to make sure she understands that if she votes the wrong way, she’ll lose her seat, and then no more dark money for her because she’ll be out on her ass.
Even a corrupt politician like Sinema can be made to understand that she’s better off voting correctly on this one issue, even if it costs her some of the dark money in the short term, so that she can keep her seat and take more money later.
Then we primary her anyway.
Then we primary her anyway.
This is how politics and leverage really work. And if you want to get your way, you have to understand this and act accordingly.
Or you can just watch the media fictionally portray politics as some kind of cartoon reality show, and you’ll lose every battle.
Or you can just watch the media fictionally portray politics as some kind of cartoon reality show, and you’ll lose every battle.
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