The betrayal wasn’t that she ran. It is that she said that if he was going to run, she would not run. And then he ran, and she changed her mind and is running.
If she had said “I’m going to run whether you want to run or not”, then there would be no “betrayal”. And maybe he would not have run, although I presume he would have anyway.
As to “more moderate”, Enzi has an excellent ACU rating. What is Liz Cheney’s rating? None, because she has never really had to take positions on anything.
The biggest current complaint about Enzi is his support for the law to allow states to collect their sales tax from large companies that are out-of-state that sell things into a state (sometimes misnamed the “internet tax”). But we don’t even know if Liz Cheney opposes THAT yet.
We also don’t know if Liz Cheney supports or opposes DOMA, what her position is on abortion, or the details of her position on the immigration laws being debated.
Her position on these issues could all be excellent. But until we have actual statements in writing on them, it’s hard to claim that Enzi is the “more moderate”. He just has a long paper trail.
There are arguments to be made for switching senators, but until we have solid evidence, it’s not that Liz Cheney is more conservative than Mike Enzi.
And given that Liz has never held office, she does hold the strong possibility that she will succumb to power, like so many do, and veer far off to the “moderate” side. Enzi has been there 18 years. He is unlikely to make a sudden shift left.
Yeah, I love Liz to death, but it seems she let the horse out of the barn on this one.
ACU ratings are bull!
http://www.redstate.com/2013/02/22/the-american-conservative-unions-embarrassing-scorecard/
Enzi’s Club for groth ratings for the last four years have been 99% then 86% then 86% now 71%. Quite the trend, huh?? And his Heritage Action rating is 67%.
Wyoming can do better! Cheney’s views will come out in the primary. Enzi shouldn’t get a free ride just because he’s already in the seat. That’s how we get Jim Jeffords’ betrayal in 2000. And Arlen Specter’s betrayal. And John McCain.
1. The scenario that she said she would run only if he didn't is coming from Enzi. We don't know if that is true or not. The MSM will do anything to drum up discord in the GOP..compare it to what they said when Corey Booker pre-emptively announced against Lautenberg , even before Frank had the chance to announce his retirement.
2. Cheney should announce now that she's taking a two-term pledge. That would help her make the case that people just stay too long in DC..it's time for new, fresh blood.
3. There is a danger in giving old bull GOP senators one last term..once they know they'll never have to face the voters again..they tend to stray off the reservation. Look at McCain, look at Hatch..to cite the most obvious ones..