CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 12, 2022

         ARIZONA DEMOCRATIC SENATOR KYRSTEN SINEMA HAS DECIDED TO LEAVE THE PARTY AND BECOME AN INDEPENDENT. HER REASONING WILL APPEAL TO MANY AMERICANS OF ALL STRIPES. IN HER ANNOUNCEMENT, SHE SAID: “AMERICANS ARE TOLD WE HAVE ONLY TWO CHOICES – DEMOCRAT OF REPUBLICAN – AND THAT WE MUST SUBSCRIBE WHOLESALE TO POLICY VIEWS THE PARTIES HOLD, VIEWS THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED FURTHER TOWARD THE EXTREMES. MOST AMERICANS BELIEVE THIS IS A FALSE CHOICE.”

    SINEMA WENT ON TO ACCUSE MAINSTREAM POLITICIANS OF WORRYING MORE ABOUT BLOCKING EACH OTHER OUT THAN THE WELL-BEING OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS.

    SHE IS RIGHT, BUT IN HER ANNOUNCEMENT SHE DID NOT SAY IF SHE WILL CONTINUE TO CAUCUS WITH DEMOCRATS WHICH IS KEY. TWO OTHER FORMER SENATE DEMOCRATS WHO ARE NOW INDEPEDENTS DO CAUCUS WITH DEMOCRATS. IF SHE DOESN’T, IT WILL GIVE DEMOCRATS A ONE VOTE MAJORITY, NOT TWO.

    THE TWO-PARTY SYSTEM IS BROKEN AND REFORMS NEED TO BE ENACTED. BUT THE PARTIES WON’T DO IT. THAT’S WHY A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION CALLED BY THE STATES MAY BE THE ONLY WAY. ENCOURAGE YOUR STATE LEGISLATORS TO VOTE FOR IT IF THEY HAVEN’T ONLY DONE SO. I’M CAL THOMAS.