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How much does it grow? is it a small sliver of the republican party that's vocal or can he, like the tea party back in 2010 build on this? take a protest movement and turn it into a political movement? that's the big question. he's going to lose when it comes to the votes. like i said, he has not made a lot of friends in washington, however, a couple republicans, mike enzi had to cover the floor to join him, more of a traditional conservative, but faces a tea party-like, conservative challenge from liz cheney at home. >> i think it's interesting when you talk about the people who have joined h...

War became such a deep and wound and controversy in american life, she's always been her dad's strongest public defender. she helped him on his book. she is loyal, fiercely loyal and that's part of the equation. but i think she wants to be a figure in her own right. she probably will look -- >> can she be a terry partier. >> she's not she's not. she's not, chris. >> she's offering herself up as a tea partier. >> that's the thing here. it's not quite like dig lugar who was an establishment figure. he was. it's not like bob bennett who had an easy going manner to him and liked the idea of making...

Alan simpson, the outspoken former wyoming senator a personal friend of both the cheney family and senator enzi had this to say in the "new york times." quote, it's a disaster. a divisive ugly situation. all it does is open the door for the democrats for 20 years. yesterday simpson released a statement saying he cares both for liz cheney and mike enzi and has nothing more to say about this. the state's lone member of the house of representatives cynthia loomis called cheney the shiny new pony in politics. and called her poor form. >> i don't think she's going about it the right way. in the ins...

I will never compromise when our freedom is at stake. >> welcome back to "hardball." that was the daughter of former vice president dick cheney. liz cheney violating reagan's 11th commandment thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow republican. hitting mark enzi for being part of the old guard. that refers to the deal enzi helped broker on health care in 2009. enzi who has a 92% lifetime rating from the american conservative union said he thought he and liz were friends and had this to say to nbc's kelly o'donnell yesterday. >> she said that if i ran, she wasn't going to run but obviously that w...

I've spent a fair amount of time there. i don't think they're going to like it. i don't think the tea party is going to like it. as a matter of fact, rand paul one of the leaders of the movement immediately backed enzi, immediately denounced liz cheney because don't forget, it was cheney and the whole neo-con establishment who tried to prevent rand paul from get ing that seat in kentucky and backed the establishment figure there. >> howard, you're so smart as you always are in small states like south dakota or wyoming, personal civility, the way you behave, your treatment of other people peopl...