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In reply to the discussion: Senator John Fetterman is not among the 46 Democratic Senators asking President Biden [View all]Celerity
(46,554 posts)She deffo has 'Sinema-without-the-crazy-fashion-sense' potential.
Sinema was a Problem Solver too, before she moved from the House to the Senate, and she worked with her ex House Problem Solvers mates (as did Manchin) to help gut over 5.1 trillion USD in new spend from Biden's 6.1 trillion USD new spend frameworks for both his infrastructure bills.
I was so disappointed that so many of the better (IMHO) candidates (in alphabetical order: Jocelyn Benson, Pete Buttigieg, Garlin Gilchrist, Andy Levin, Mallory McMorrow, Dana Nessel, and Gretchen Whitmer) did not run against Slotkin in the Democratic US Senate MI primary.
Whitmer and Pete may well run for POTUS in 2028, so that is likely why they declined (Pete also had only been a MI resident for a couple of years, since July 2022), and Benson will likely run for MI Governor in 2026 to replace Whitmer (who is term-limted). Given all that, I would have vastly preferred Nessel or McMorrow over Slotkin, but also would have preferred Gilchrist or Levin as well, granted to a lesser level.