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Liz Cheney abandons Senate bid, citing family health issues
WaPo ^ | 1/6/14 | Karen Tumulty and Sean Sullivan

Posted on 01/07/2014 2:11:02 PM PST by Baynative

Five months after shaking Wyoming Republican politics by launching an audacious bid to unseat the state’s senior senator, Liz Cheney on Monday called an abrupt end to her chaotic campaign, citing unspecified “serious health issues” that have arisen in her family.

The announcement by the ­eldest daughter of former vice president Richard B. Cheney caught her fellow Republicans by surprise, just as her decision to enter the race had in July.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Wyoming
KEYWORDS: alreadyposted; cheney; lizcheney; mikeenzi; senate; wyoming
Her campaign had not gained much political traction, but it had strained long-standing political loyalties in a state her father had represented in Congress for a decade and had exposed tensions among the Cheneys over the issue of same-sex marriage.

It also reflected some of the crosscurrents that are buffeting the Republican Party, where unexpected primary challenges from the right have antagonized red-state incumbents who were considered safe.

1 posted on 01/07/2014 2:11:02 PM PST by Baynative
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To: Baynative

Breaking news was more appropriate the first five times it was posted on FR, over the last two days.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=cheney


2 posted on 01/07/2014 2:14:46 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: Baynative

There are d*mned few Republicans that I’ll ever vote for.

Methinks I’d have voted for her.

As for the majority of the GOP...die, die, die....

die....die....die....die...die.................

As for dim-bulb-crats....die badly, die badly, suffer, die badly, die badly............


3 posted on 01/07/2014 2:15:15 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Baynative

BS

Blackmail or threatened.

Also, not noticed was the Tea Party candidate who was to challenge sell-out-traitor Ohio Gov Kasich, also cited other reasons not to challenge him. Recall that Kasich expanded 0bamacare/Medicaid in Ohio.


4 posted on 01/07/2014 2:17:09 PM PST by CincyRichieRich (Pajama-boy-in-chief's beatings continue until morale improves.)
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To: Baynative
and had exposed tensions among the Cheneys over the issue of same-sex marriage.

That was fake and staged, Liz Cheney supports the gay movement, and gay marriage.

They were trying to move the Senate left and replace the leading female conservative voice (Palin), with a social liberal rino version.

5 posted on 01/07/2014 2:19:33 PM PST by ansel12 ( Ben Bradlee -- JFK told me that "he was all for people's solving their problems by abortion".)
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To: ansel12

Bagger? or Muncher?


6 posted on 01/07/2014 2:22:22 PM PST by MIchaelTArchangel (Have a wonderful day!)
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

? What?


7 posted on 01/07/2014 2:24:24 PM PST by ansel12 ( Ben Bradlee -- JFK told me that "he was all for people's solving their problems by abortion".)
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

? What?


8 posted on 01/07/2014 2:24:24 PM PST by ansel12 ( Ben Bradlee -- JFK told me that "he was all for people's solving their problems by abortion".)
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To: Da Coyote

Liz Cheney is a big time GOPe.


9 posted on 01/07/2014 2:29:02 PM PST by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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I'm not sure she was/is GOPe. But Enzi is a pretty solid conservative. Albeit one who could use a little more fire in the belly.

I'd rather spread our meager resources on hunting real RINOs . . . like Mitch McConnell.

10 posted on 01/07/2014 2:32:22 PM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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I’d rather spread our meager resources on hunting real RINOs . . . like Mitch McConnell.


Excellent point.

And we need to keep Enzi’s feet to the fire. He’s a lot mor conservative than Liz Cheney would be.


11 posted on 01/07/2014 2:36:33 PM PST by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: Baynative
To paraphrase Howie Carr

'Liz Cheney gives up on Senate bid due to health issues....the voters were sick of her..'

12 posted on 01/07/2014 3:01:47 PM PST by Fedupwithit (Your opinion: It's all yours....don't expect me to listen to it, or even acknowledge it..)
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To: Baynative

I have to believe that Dick yanked his Daughter out of the race because she had TP support.


13 posted on 01/07/2014 3:51:02 PM PST by Rappini (Veritas vos Liberabit)
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To: Baynative

no more Bush or Cheney.


14 posted on 01/07/2014 4:17:25 PM PST by RockyTx
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To: RockyTx

As Jesse Jackson said, stay outa da Bushes!


15 posted on 01/07/2014 4:45:26 PM PST by heye2monn
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To: Baynative

>> primary challenges from the right

Cheney was not challenging from the right.


16 posted on 01/07/2014 4:54:50 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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