Liz Cheney Channels a Father in Run for Senate
By Albert R. Hunt Jul 21, 2013 11:16 AM ET
Liz Cheney is running against a longtime Republican who combines one of Congress’s most rightwing voting records with a civility that engenders good relations with political opposites. Or, as the Almanac of American Politics put it, “his mild-mannered demeanor masks deeply held conservative views.”
No, she’s not running against her father, though that description fit Dick Cheney 1, a major Washington power player in the 1970s and ’80s.
Instead, the 46-year-old daughter of the former vice president initiated a primary challenge last week against the three-term Republican senator from Wyoming, Mike Enzi. He is decidedly a conservative -- compiling one of the 10 most conservative voting records in the Senate -- but one whose style enables him to selectively work with Democrats.
She’s running as a hard-right, take-no-prisoners, movement conservative, or as the heir to Cheney 2, her father’s years as vice president and after. The context here is a tale of the two Cheneys.
Unlike the 69-year-old Enzi, the earlier Dick Cheney was creative and influential. For those who don’t remember or didn’t know, he was a much different politician from the one he later became.
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