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everyonematters

(3,433 posts)
3. I doubt she will get relected.
Mon Jan 3, 2022, 02:54 AM
Jan 2022

I think that she probably knows her chances are slim to none. The one who is kidding himself is Pence.

PatSeg

(47,419 posts)
15. And she also knows
Mon Jan 3, 2022, 12:43 PM
Jan 2022

it isn't the end of the world if you don't get re-elected to Congress. There really are more important things in life, like losing one's democracy.

Solly Mack

(90,764 posts)
4. If Press reports are accurate, the state level GOP is gunning for her.
Mon Jan 3, 2022, 03:05 AM
Jan 2022

Not to mention those on the federal level.

So...

Response to Hekate (Original post)

Hekate

(90,674 posts)
8. She has been really stalwart in defense of the republic, so personally I am hoping someone ...
Mon Jan 3, 2022, 05:22 AM
Jan 2022

…at the national level will give her campaign financial and other backing, possibly as an Independent.

On the other hand, I’ve been quite aware from the beginning that she threw all her bets on trying to save the country, and to hell with what was once her party.






no_hypocrisy

(46,088 posts)
9. Cheney allies pin her reelection hopes on purported silent majority in Wyoming
Mon Jan 3, 2022, 07:22 AM
Jan 2022

Republican Rep. Liz Cheney’s reelection hopes in Wyoming hinge on a silent majority throwing her a lifeline, according to her political allies in the state, who say she could be rewarded for risking her political future in the name of principle.

Her backers say the bark of Ms. Cheney‘s most vocal Republican critics in the state is worse than their bite, insisting the rabble-rousers in the party are out of sync with the sentiment of most Wyoming residents.

“They are loud and they are ugly,” said former state Rep. Amy Edmonds, who has previously worked for Ms. Cheney. “They are a minority, though. That is definitely not Wyoming.”

Ms. Cheney, a daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, is gearing up for the fight of her political life, a year after cruising to reelection to her at-large seat in 2020.

Former President Donald Trump, his allies and his loyal supporters are calling for her ouster.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/dec/31/liz-cheney-allies-pin-her-re-election-hopes-purpor/

hlthe2b

(102,236 posts)
10. Wyoming conservatives are more highly libertarian than those in other red states so...
Mon Jan 3, 2022, 08:10 AM
Jan 2022

I suppose that is possible. Publicly, few would admit what they might well do in the privacy of the ballot box, given all the Trumpster pressure. Odds are against her, but who knows...?

mucifer

(23,539 posts)
11. Maybe the live 1/6 hearings will help. But, I doubt it Remember she votes for evil
Mon Jan 3, 2022, 08:22 AM
Jan 2022

consistently except for what happened on 1/6.

eppur_se_muova

(36,261 posts)
14. She could split the R vote, and keep a Trumper out of office.
Mon Jan 3, 2022, 10:36 AM
Jan 2022

Hope she runs as an Independent, or write-in.

Hekate

(90,674 posts)
16. That's a thought. I'd like whoever Trump's backing to lose resoundingly...
Mon Jan 3, 2022, 04:06 PM
Jan 2022

I hope Ms Cheney would win as an Independent, but I do not know Wyoming.

If a Dem’s chances are nil to zero, I’d rather have her, as a known quantity who at least is loyal to country over a rotted-out party.

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