I kind of like Sen. Mike Enzi of Wyoming. He’s a conservative Republican, and I think many of his votes have been unconscionable. He’s gone along for the ride with all the obstruction of the Obama presidency. But I like how he conducts himself. I like his low-key manner. I like how he runs a committee hearing when he is in the majority and how he operates when he is in the minority. He seems like a straight-shooter who is much more interested in legislating that he is in running his mouth. But, that also means about the only way to make Sen. Enzi interesting and newsworthy is for Dick Cheney’s daughter to challenge him in a primary.
I have to echo this gentleman’s observations:
Cheney is fighting for the same voters who have sent Enzi to the Senate three times. In the Senate, he has voted with Republicans more than 90 percent of the time in the past 10 years. While he’s shown willingness to compromise, that’s not necessarily a death knell in Wyoming, unlike in some other red states.
“Ms. Cheney, when she started out, criticized [Enzi] for being willing to compromise with the Democrats,” Republican state Sen. Charles Scott said. “A lot of people out here thought, ‘Jeez, the problem with Washington is they won’t compromise when they need to.’”
I don’t know how a normal human being can look at Congress and think that what we need is less compromise. It’s comforting to know that, at least in Wyoming, there are some Republican folks who put a higher value on Mike Enzi’s style than Liz Cheney’s.