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cali

(114,904 posts)
Sun Jul 7, 2013, 07:21 AM Jul 2013

In Wyoming, a Cheney Run Worries G.O.P.

A young Dick Cheney began his first campaign for the House in this tiny village — population 1,600 — after the state’s sole Congressional seat finally opened up. But nowadays, his daughter Liz does not seem inclined to wait patiently for such an opening.

Ms. Cheney, 46, is showing up everywhere in the state, from chicken dinners to cattle growers’ meetings, sometimes with her parents in tow. She has made it clear that she wants to run for the Senate seat now held by Michael B. Enzi, a soft-spoken Republican and onetime fly-fishing partner of her father.

But Ms. Cheney’s move threatens to start a civil war within the state’s Republican establishment, despite the reverence many hold for her family.

Mr. Enzi, 69, says he is not ready to retire, and many Republicans say he has done nothing to deserve being turned out.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/07/us/politics/a-cheney-on-the-wyoming-ballot-if-so-a-problem-for-the-gop.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

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In Wyoming, a Cheney Run Worries G.O.P. (Original Post) cali Jul 2013 OP
Anything that fractures the republicantealibertarian party, is AOK by me. graham4anything Jul 2013 #1
Me too! Let it rage. cali Jul 2013 #2
 

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)
1. Anything that fractures the republicantealibertarian party, is AOK by me.
Sun Jul 7, 2013, 07:33 AM
Jul 2013

People should be reminded about Cheney

After all, if Jeb Bush is the nominee in 2016 for the repubs, nothing holds him back from picking one Richard Cheney as his VP

After all, the Bush family thinks they are perfect

and Dick Cheney hated W like the rest of the world, the last 3 years, but like Ross Perot who had a personal grudge against 41,
it does not extend to Jeb

Are we looking at a Bush/Cheney ticket for 2016 against Hillary? It is possible.

People should be reminded as often as possible.

And it would be great if the democratic party comes up with a great challenger if Liz defeats Mike.

Isn't there one great person in Wyoming? (BTW-Wyoming is one of the few states I predict can stay red in 2016 when Hillary gets 500 electoral votes, but if a democratic person can defeat Cheney in this race, maybe indeed it is possible to turn Wyoming blue.

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
2. Me too! Let it rage.
Sun Jul 7, 2013, 07:50 AM
Jul 2013

Don't know if you read the article, but it's quite amusing.

Hillary will never be President. Never. Sorry.

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