General Discussion

Just from what I've gleaned in the local AZ reporting, Kyrsten Sinema doesn't have a friend in the world, unless they are maybe lobbyists for the wine industry, or a pharma bro scattered here or there. The donors and supporters are long gone. People who thought they were her friends are mystified and have moved on with their lives. Her phone doesn't ring. I doubt anybody writes to her senate office any more. She vacations without anybody noticing or caring. Her life centers around online shopping sprees and a closet filled with costumes worthy of Minnie Mouse, or reminiscent of a 1970s carny scarehouse.

She will be studied. She was never honest about who she was or what she believed, but her lies were convincing. Unlike Joe Manchin, who never really pretended to be someone he wasn't, Sinema reinvented herself to fit the occasion--bisexual when it helped her, "forgot she had said that' when it no longer served her. Atheist when it helped her, crucifix-wearing believer when she needed sympathy. On and on.

Those of us who voted for her will continue to observe her and try to figure out if there were signs we missed, and watch anxiously as she decides what to do next.