I don't dislike Enzi.
Today a lot of candidates are carpetbaggers. Nothing prevents Cheney from establishing residency and running anywhere she chooses. I guess you just wish it weren’t in Wyoming, is that right? Most people in the Congress don’t even go home for visits. They all live in MD or VA, and are actual residents of those states.
Well then if we're going to call a spade a spade, and label Cheney a carpetbagger then why not have her carpetbag in states where she could do some good? Run against Lindsey Graham, for example. Or governor of Texas. Open seat in my own state of Nebraska.
What I object to is that it looks like Cheney wants a senate seat but doesn't want to work for it. Let's face it, the winner of the Republican primary in Wyoming will be the next senator. She figures she can come in with a boatload of money, knock of Enzi, and waltz into Washington. Which is, I think, why she is not running for the Virginia seat, in spite of the fact she's lived there almost all her life. Warner is beatable, but it will still be a real nasty, knock-down, drawn-out battle and I don't think she wants that. So she's taking what she sees as the easy route. I don't see that as a point in her favor.
“I don’t dislike Enzi.”
Enzi has been a Senator since 1997. That’s long enough. And he’s 70 years old, that’s old enough to retire. Cheney grew up in Wyoming. Her family was in politics there and she has name identity. Why would she go to some state where she has none of those favorables to run? I mean you suggest MD! Really, that state is probably the most liberal in the nation today. She’d not have a chance there. Ditto for the other states you mention. My wife has a HS classmate who is a self-admitted RINO state legislator in Wyoming, so to suggest that all is well with conservatism in Wyoming just isn’t true. And the fact of the matter is, he’s a carpetbagger too since he didn’t grow up in Wyoming.