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Former Virginia congressman Virgil Goode says voters should turn to a third party if they want real change in the nation. By Trevor Brown tbrown@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE -- Voters need to look to a third party if they want to see real change for the country, Constitution Party presidential candidate Virgil Goode says. A former congressman from Virginia, Goode stopped here Wednesday during a campaign swing through Wyoming. “If America wants a true grassroots president who will answer the telephone from somebody sitting in this audience … as quick as they would take a call from somebody like Warren Buffett or...

Former Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne, will host a July fund-raiser for Mitt Romney at their home in Jackson Hole, Wyo., according to a save-the-date e-mail from the Romney campaign. The event will help the likely Republican nominee tap any donors to former President George W. Bush who remain on the sidelines, while fueling Democratic efforts to tie Mr. Romney to President Barack Obama‘s predecessor. The July 12 fund-raiser will be a tiered event, giving donors the chance to pay a little extra for the privilege of dining with Mr. Romney and the former vice president. The...

Just weeks after undergoing heart transplant surgery, forme U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney plunged back into the political debate on Saturday, praising Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney while lambasting President Obama as an "unmitigated disaster." Cheney’s remarks came during an hour-and-15-minute talk at the Wyoming Republican Party state convention in Cheyenne on Saturday, After Rick Santorum dropped out of the race this past week, Cheney urged the party to place their support behind Romney, saying that the Massachusetts governor would do a "whale of a job." His opinion of President Obama, however, was not quite as positive, asserting that the...

Dick Cheney, just weeks after undergoing heart transplant surgery, plunged back into the political theater Saturday -- praising presumptive nominee Mitt Romney while slamming President Obama as an "unmitigated disaster." The tough words came during an hour-and-15-minute talk at the Wyoming Republican Party state convention in Cheyenne on Saturday. He sat in a plush chair throughout the long chat with daughter Liz Cheney and looked decidedly healthier than recent appearances where he has been gaunt and used a cane. After Rick Santorum dropped out of the race this past week, Cheney in his address urged the party to pull together...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- Former Vice President Dick Cheney walked onstage without any assistance and spoke for an hour and 15 minutes without seeming to tire in his first public engagement since he underwent a heart transplant three weeks ago. "He has been an unmitigated disaster to the country," Cheney said of President Barack Obama. "I can't think of a time when I felt it was more important for us to defeat an incumbent president today with respect to Barack Obama. I think he has been an unmitigated disaster to the country," Cheney said at the Wyoming Republican Party state...