Speculation about what a Cheney POTUS run would look like.
If her goal is to stop Trump ever being POTUS, then this strategy below could tip the scales.
What would a Liz Cheney run for president look like?
Cheney herself is not talking about such speculation, but Republican political operatives who hail from the anti-Trump wing of the party told Yahoo News that a Cheney presidential run could have a two-stage strategy.
First, run in the GOP primary as the candidate for Republican voters who cannot stomach Trump and who want to vote their conscience. And then, run as a conservative independent in the general election, and try to hold on to as many of those voters as possible to deny Trump the votes he needs to defeat a Democrat.
“It’s a spoiler candidacy in that it's designed to prevent Trump from becoming president. It's designed to take from the GOP base and make it mathematically impossible for Trump to win,” Mike Madrid, a California Republican consultant, told Yahoo News.
