Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin face the same unpopularity with voters in both Arizona and West Virginia. I don’t like either one’s “my way or the highway” attitude or Sinema’s tiresome antics. Sinema, who takes money from corporate interests that opposed the Biden agenda, appears to have sold her vote. This would explain her … Read more
The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell played a short video clip on Tuesday’s program of NBC reporter Garrett Haake trying to get a response from Senator Kyrsten Sinema about … well about anything. She just ignored his questions and stared at the elevator doors hoping they would open so she could get away, while one … Read more
From 1989 to 1995, Lawrence O’Donnell was a legislative aide to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (one of the giants of the Senate). From 1989 to 1991, he served as senior advisor to Moynihan. From 1992 to 1993, he was staff director of the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, then chaired by … Read more
Greg Sargent and Paul Waldman of the Washington Post make the point that I have been making for months, Memo to centrists: Progressives aren’t your problem. Manchin and Sinema are.: In case you doubted that House progressives would stick to their strategy in the intraparty battle over President Biden’s agenda, they just reiterated their intention … Read more
Alex Henderson reports, Kyrsten Sinema had a curt response to major dissent brewing among her home state Democrats: Although Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona is generally well-liked by independents and Never Trump conservatives in her state, the decidedly centrist Democrat has been a frequent source of frustration to the progressive wing of her party — … Read more