Liz Cheney's Senate ambition causes grief for Wyoming GOP

CBS News ^ | 7/7/13 | Jake Miller

[Jean S]

Liz Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, is eyeing a Senate seat in Wyoming, a state her father once represented in the House of Representatives.

There's only one problem: The seat Cheney covets is already held by a Republican, Sen. Mike Enzi, a friend and former fly-fishing partner of her father's. And as her designs on the seat become increasingly apparent, the state's Republican establishment is growing concerned that her ambition may tear the Wyoming GOP apart, the New York Times reports.

Cheney, who grew up in Virginia due to her father's rotating roles in public service but moved to Wyoming in 2012, called Enzi this year to tell him she may challenge him in a primary race in 2014.

"She called me and said she's looking at it," Enzi told the New York Times, adding that Cheney did not bother to ask him whether he plans to run again.

Enzi said he hadn't heard from his "good friend" Dick Cheney recently, but "I would expect that he'd call before" his daughter declares her candidacy.

The former vice president, since rebounding from a recent heart transplant, has been more active in political circles of late. According to the Times, Republicans spotted Dick and Liz Cheney together at the Crook County Lincoln Day Dinner, and Dick Cheney has spoken with Republican donors in New York about his daughter's prospective candidacy.

[manc]

all these families think they have a divine right to be ruling us, no more pro homo , get into all war families.

Sarah and Cruz please get us out of this mess

[tennmountainman]

These DC hacks think they are entitled. Let a Ted Cruz emerge in Tn,
and we will primary out Lamar Alexander.

[Jack Hammer]

Never underestimate the selfish ambition of a politician or would-be politician.

The ‘good of the people’?

F*** the people.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Sen. Mike Enzi needs to tell Lesb and Dick to pizz up a rope.

[Ann Archy]

GO LIZ!!!! SHe is WAY more Conservative than even her father....maybe not her mother.

[Ann Archy]

Geesh...Liz is the STRAIGHT DAUGHTER WHO HAS 5 KIDS!!! I have never even heard her talk about her Lesbian Sister one time!!

[SunkenCiv]

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  I, for one, am for immigration reform. … That being said, I’m worried that the bill before us won’t pass.... [Rand Paul: I hate to say it, but the immigration bill is a little bit like ObamaCare right now ]

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  [Paul open to voting for Senate immigration bill]

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  [Rand Paul: I'm Open to Voting for Immigration Bill]

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  Latinos, should be a natural constituency for the party, Paul argued, but "Republicans have pushed them away with harsh rhetoric over immigration." ...he would create a bipartisan panel to determine how many visas should be granted for workers already in the United States and those who might follow... [and the buried lead] "Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers... [Rand Paul calls on conservatives to embrace immigration reform]

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• ...by softening its edge on some volatile social issues and altering its image as the party always seemingly "eager to go to war... We do need to expand the party and grow the party and that does mean that we don't always all agree on every issue" ... the party needs to become more welcoming to individuals who disagree with basic Republican doctrine on emotional social issues such as gay marriage... "We're going to have to be a little hands off on some of these issues ... and get people into the party," Paul said. [Rand Paul: Time for GOP to soften war stance]

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  One day after announcing on his radio show that he is "truly considering" running in 2014 for the U.S. Senate seat now held by New Jersey's Frank Lautenberg, Rivera amped up his message today in a television interview and a column on the Fox News Latino website... a moderate Republican who is fiscally conservative but also supports gay marriage and Roe v. Wade... [Geraldo Rivera declares himself a 'moderate Republican' as he eyes U.S. Senate run]

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[trisham]

There's only one problem: The seat Cheney covets is already held by a Republican, Sen. Mike Enzi, a friend and former fly-fishing partner of her father's.

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I don't know anything about Enzi, but if he's not a RINO, I think what she's doing is wrong.

[RedMDer]

Please Help keep FR
Independent!!

[SunkenCiv]

"She called me and said she's looking at it," Enzi told the New York Times, adding that Cheney did not bother to ask him whether he plans to run again. Enzi said he hadn't heard from his "good friend" Dick Cheney recently, but "I would expect that he'd call before" his daughter declares her candidacy.

Thanks Jean S.

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[BillyBoy]

>> Geesh...Liz is the STRAIGHT DAUGHTER WHO HAS 5 KIDS!!! I have never even heard her talk about her Lesbian Sister one time!! <<

If she disagrees with her dad and her sister about celebrating Mary's "marriage" to a woman and the gay couple raising Liz's nieces and nephews with "two mommies" and not their biological father, then Liz should say so. She hasn't in the past, Dick Cheney has gone on record to say he totally supports it, and Mary Cheney says she can't think of a single issue where Liz disagrees with her dad.

She wants to present herself as the "more conservative" candidate for the U.S. Senate, so let's hear the argument how she is "more conservative" and would legislate to the right of Mike Enzi.

Mike Enzi has a 92% lifetime ACU rating, is ranked by the National Journal as the 6th most conservative member of the U.S. Senate, and is absolutely 100% rock solid when it comes to opposing "gay rights" and illegal immigration, with a voting record to prove it.

So where does Liz Cheney stand?

[ken5050]

Enzi's not a RINO, but he hasn't done much to further the conservative cause..he's not a "voice"...we need more people to make noise. Also, it's not "his" seat...and 99% of pols always stay too long. There also seems to be an inherent danger in giving GOP senators a "last" term...once they won't even have to face the voters again, they often tend to stray off the reservation..see McCain and Hatch..

Lastly..it will help to keep the others honest..

[Waywardson]

Sarah is NOT comparable to Cruz. SHE has endorsed many RINOS who have been pushing this Amnesty. Time to cast her aside. Lest we be fooled again.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Enzi is like the solid, dependable player on offense or defense whose name doesn’t get called that often. He doesn’t Make PLAYS.

[Ann Archy]

OK.....maybe she should run in VIRGINIA!!

[DIRTYSECRET]

Let’s not forget Simpson(+Mizzoli?). Don’t miss him at all.

[SgtHooper]

Sources?

[Chickensoup]

What is this a Dukedom? These clowns better realize that we are sick of inherited titles.

I hope the people of Wyoming are smarter than this.

[0.E.O]

Also, it's not "his" seat...and 99% of pols always stay too long.

It's not hers either. Why doesn't she run for the senate from Virginia? She's spent most of her life there.