Margaret Carlson & Ramesh Ponnuru, Columnists

Liz Cheney Goes to Wyoming and George Zimmerman Goes Free

Margaret Carlson and Ramesh Ponnuru chat online about the Liz Cheney entering the Wyoming Senate race and the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial.

July 17, 2013 at 5:21 PM UTC

By Margaret Carlson and Ramesh Ponnuru

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Earlier today, Bloomberg View columnists Margaret Carlson and Ramesh Ponnuru met online to chat about Liz Cheney's run for the U.S. Senate in Wyoming and the George Zimmerman trial. Below is a lightly edited transcript.

Margaret: "I thought we were friends." That's not me talking to you, Ramesh, but Republican Senator Mike Enzi addressing Liz Cheney, the daughter of Darth Vader, who decided to get into the Senate race in Wyoming minutes after Enzi announced he would be running for a fourth term. Former Senator Alan Simpson is predicting a catastrophe for the party. I love democracy, Ramesh, especially when a woman gets to participate, but I suspect that in Wyoming, her candidacy isn't going to fly -- or fly-fish. In an earlier interview, Enzi said that he'd known Liz since he was a sheriff in Gillette, where he used to catch trout with her dad.