Liz Cheney: Poised to Run For Political Office?
Is there another high profile Cheney in America’s elected political life’s future? It sounds that way:
Liz Cheney has been making the rounds at Wyoming political events this spring and her desire to move back to the state has Republicans from Cheyenne to Washington buzzing about a potential future campaign.
With little fanfare, Cheney, a former State Department official and the eldest daughter of the former vice president, has spoken at six events in different corners of the sprawling state this year. She has been especially busy on the GOP dinner circuit. Cheney has already hit four county Lincoln Day Dinners and keynoted the dinner following the Wyoming GOP convention last month. She also accompanied and appeared on stage with her father when he made his first public appearance following his heart transplant at the state convention.
Cheney is currently a McLean, Va., resident and there has long been speculation among Republicans that she would eventually run for office there. But Cheney, a mother of five, is seeing her oldest child off to college this year and, along with her husband Philip, has long considered returning to the state that her father represented in the House. They hope to buy a house in Jackson Hole, where her parents also have a residence, but the move is not a sure thing.
Still, Cheney’s schedule and some of her rhetoric suggests someone who is eyeing an eventual campaign.
“Let me tell you why Wyoming’s style of politics is so important,” Cheney said last month at the Park County Republican Lincoln Day Dinner, according to the Cody Enterprise. “There is a personal touch here that gets amazing people into office.”
It wouldn’t be surprising if she ran. She has proven to be a strong voice for her political viewpoint, her father’s staunchest and most assertive defender, and highly popular among TV types who enjoy having on panels because of her pointed political rhetoric. Like her father she promises to be a highly polarizing figure if she is elected. Which is what the GOP seems to like these days.
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She can be Jeb Bush’s running mate when he is nominated as the GOP candidate in 2016. They can recycle the 2000 and 2004 Bush/Cheney campaign posters…. and policies. Who says the Republicans don’t believe in recycling? Their policies prove that they do.
Bush – Cheney 2016
Now that’s an appealing idea.
Where have I seen that nightmare before?
@SBLA: Thanks for the thought
Why not change the Constitution and make the US a monarchy. The Bush and Cheney clan can be royalty for the Wingnuts…
Not surprising since Wyoming is one of the states that believes in hard work and a helping hand when needed, unlike the liberal states that believe a handout will lead to hard work.
I support anyone who wants to put themselves in the firing line of politics if they are qualified for the position. Right now we have 90% in the job that are not qualified. The voters in Wy will have to decide if she is qualified based on their standards.
LOL What makes Liz Cheney qualified – her blood line?
Apparently so rudi. She even looks like her Dad. I’m sure the reactionary wing of the GOP (which is most of them now) just love her!
liz wants to buy in Jackson Hole, the multimillionaire and billionaire capital of the US? Really? No real cowboy could afford to buy a pair of boots in Jackson Hole, nope none of them $5-10k boots, why they’d be ruined in the first cattle roundup. People who serve the restaurants in Jack live 50 miles away where they can afford the rent. Aspen-Jack axis. Skiing outside your front door. Public service aspirations in one of the least populated and one of the mega-rich clusters in the US? Be serious.
Bush/Cheney 2016— we’ll have political dynasties just like ancient China!
And if you go on Politico– the righties love her if only because she drives liberals crazy!
Bush/Cheney ’16 is no match for Hillary Clinton! After she takes 4 years off to recharge her campaign would roll over them like a, um…steamroller that’s it!