Has Sinema been paying attention? She’s not new to the Senate and should have seen the lengths Republicans went to to seat clearly unqualified people in lifetime judgeships.
Did she not see Obama try to be bipartisan his first term? Every time he gave into a Republican demand, they still voted against him. Did she not just see her Republican colleagues slow-walk then vote against COVID stimulus? Is she not listening to McConnell threaten corporations and clearly state that there would be not Republican votes for Infrastructure?
HR1 is clearly not in the interests of the Republican Party. She should see that from what Republicans in her own state have proposed. McConnell’s corporate comments were based solely on the comments and actions taken by private businesses in light of public policies pushed by Republicans. Unless she’s completely insane, these people have staked the next several election cycles on making it harder for people (non-Republicans) to vote. Does she think bipartisanship is going to make her re-election possible? Has she not paid attention to what the Republican Party and Republican voters did to Republican officials who were considered bipartisan? There’s no way of being bipartisan with this bunch of Republicans- it means giving them what they want, and that’s not going to stop them from painting you as the most Liberal, Socialist etc…
The only way we get HR1 is if Manchin and Sinema step up, and right now, they are enjoying holding up progress. They are literally doing the Republicans job for them. That might keep Manchin in office, but it means Sinema is losing support from the Left and gaining nothing from the Right. And of course, we all are going to have to rely on the courts to slap down this garbage Republicans in 47 states are peddling.