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Rand Paul to Mike Enzi: ‘I’ll do anything I can’ (To help defeat Liz Cheney)
POLITICO ^ | 07/18/2013 | Hadas Gold

Posted on 07/18/2013 11:20:18 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Rand Paul is formally endorsing Sen. Mike Enzi as he faces Liz Cheney in a Wyoming GOP primary next year, Paul told POLITICO in an interview Wednesday.

“I’ve told him I’ll do anything I can to help him,” the Kentucky GOP senator said. “In fact, somebody asked me today if they could use my name, and I said I’d be happy to sign on and do a fundraiser for him.”

Paul said he isn’t sure why Cheney decided to challenge Enzi, but said she might end up picking up some grudges for doing so.

“I don’t think it probably will be helpful in the long run. I’m pretty sure Senator Enzi will be able to hold off against any primary challenge,” Paul said. “In doing so there will be some people that won’t be so happy with the primary challenge, that might bear grudges.” Cheney, 46, is the daughter of former vice president Dick Cheney and launched her campaign Tuesday with a video calling for a “new generation of leaders to step up to the plate.”

Although she has deep pockets, her lack of deep roots in the state might hurt her. Cheney spent time in Wyoming as a child, but hasn’t spent much time there since. She moved her family from Virginia to Jackson Hole last year.

Paul said it will be difficult for “someone new” to the state to create the same type of deep personal relationship Enzi has.

“Mike Enzi has probably been to every town in Wyoming.

He’s the kind of guy who spends the time to get to know people in a town of 600 people, he’s been there,” Paul said.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky; US: Virginia; US: Wyoming
KEYWORDS: 113th; 2014midterms; cheney2014; kentucky; lizcheney; mikeenzi; randpaul; randsconcerntrolls; senate; virginia; wy2014; wyoming
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1 posted on 07/18/2013 11:20:18 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

I don’t know Enzi...is he a RINO?


2 posted on 07/18/2013 11:21:02 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Gaffer

Maybe this will help:

http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Michael_Enzi.htm

MIKE ENZI ON THE ISSUES


3 posted on 07/18/2013 11:23:31 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Gaffer

Liz Cheney backs same-sex marriage. Mike Enzi supports internet sales taxes. Your choice.


4 posted on 07/18/2013 11:24:09 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Gaffer
After reviewing Enzi's record and statements, here is what the site concluded:


Michael Enzi is a Hard-Core Conservative.
Click here for explanation of political philosophy.

5 posted on 07/18/2013 11:24:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Gaffer
I don’t know Enzi...is he a RINO?

He appears to be one of those guys who went to DC with good intentions and then was seduced by re-election and the siren's call of being one of the establishment.

6 posted on 07/18/2013 11:25:18 AM PDT by llevrok (We are in a new Cold War. At home.)
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To: Menehune56

RE: Liz Cheney backs same-sex marriage. Mike Enzi supports internet sales taxes. Your choice.

_________________________

We are not often given candidates who agree with us on all issues. Even Ronald Reagan signed an abortion and amnesty bill.

Between the Internet Sales tax and Gay Marriage, I believe the latter is the greater evil.


7 posted on 07/18/2013 11:26:24 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Menehune56

Liz Cheney’s dad is a New World Order guy.


8 posted on 07/18/2013 11:29:29 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it. Their minds are diseased.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Enzi has an A from the NRA. All I need to know.
9 posted on 07/18/2013 11:30:03 AM PDT by atomic_dog
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To: laplata

Beliefs aren’t hereditary


10 posted on 07/18/2013 11:33:03 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: laplata

Liz Cheney’s positions will be visible soon I hope. Maybe she should have taken on a lefty Senator instead of Enzi.


11 posted on 07/18/2013 11:41:51 AM PDT by iopscusa (El Vaquero. (SC Lowcountry Cowboy))
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To: SeekAndFind
She moved her family from Virginia to Jackson Hole last year.

The one resort community in an otherwise totally blue collar state.

12 posted on 07/18/2013 11:43:06 AM PDT by SeeSharp
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To: SeekAndFind

If Liz had any guts, she would run against the Democrat Senators in VA, which is where she actually lives, rather than trying to unseat a solid conservative in a state where she only vacations.


13 posted on 07/18/2013 11:43:23 AM PDT by Retired Greyhound (.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Liz Cheney deserves to be a senator about as much as Hillary Clinton did. But, she’s the political legacy of CFR and Tri-Lat one-worlder Dick Cheney. She’ll probably “win”.


14 posted on 07/18/2013 11:45:34 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne ("How long, O Lord, holy and true?" - Rev. 6:10)
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To: atomic_dog
Enzi has an A from the NRA. All I need to know.

So do democRats Joe Manchin, Joe Donnelly, Tim Johnson, Max Baucus, and Jon Tester (A-, actually).

15 posted on 07/18/2013 11:46:53 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: bigbob

That’s true but I no longer trust any of them.

Two days ago when I saw GHW Bush visiting the White House in his clown socks and kissing up to the avowed enemy of our country, I was sick. It was beyond disgusting.


16 posted on 07/18/2013 11:47:20 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it. Their minds are diseased.)
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To: iopscusa

Liz Cheney’s positions will be visible soon I hope. Maybe she should have taken on a lefty Senator instead of Enzi.


Good point.


17 posted on 07/18/2013 11:48:34 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it. Their minds are diseased.)
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To: Dr. Thorne

Yep!


18 posted on 07/18/2013 11:49:59 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it. Their minds are diseased.)
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To: SeeSharp
The one resort community in an otherwise totally blue collar state.

Nothing like fitting in with the natives, is there? </sarcasm>

19 posted on 07/18/2013 11:53:20 AM PDT by 0.E.O
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To: SeekAndFind

Cheney is toast.


20 posted on 07/18/2013 11:55:58 AM PDT by BarnacleCenturion
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