Liz Cheney Will Leave Office More Powerful Than Ever

Charlie Sykes: “Cheney will leave office more influential and admired — and perhaps even powerful — than ever before.”

“This is a hard concept to understand for much of official Washington, for whom clinging to power is the prime directive and electoral defeat is its worst fear.”

“Like Trump, they misunderstood and underestimated the iron lady of Wyoming. But she is also a political rarity with few historical parallels: a mainstream politician willing not only to give up political power, but also to risk excommunication from the only political world she has ever known.”