Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) has been a bad fit in the Congress of today because her vices are the opposite of the dominant vices on Capitol Hill.

Sinema — who was drummed from the Democratic Party last year, and apparently felt drummed out of the Senate this year — was a woman of the recent past. She fit in the Bush and early Obama years when K Street lobbyists and lawmakers worked together smoothly to increase government, subsidize and protect big business, and enrich all the insiders, including the members and staffers who all cash out to K Street.