Indeed, if Cheney is able to knock off Enzi next summer, as she told reporters Wednesday she will try to do, it will likely be on her father’s coattails.

“The Cheney family, especially the vice president, is revered in the state of Wyoming,” said Democratic National Committeeman Mike Gierau, who owns restaurants in Jackson and Cody. “You can disagree on issues, but they’re revered.”

There is sparse public polling in the state of 576,000, so it’s impossible to quantify Cheney’s favorability right now.

But his standing is certainly better in the Cowboy State than nationally. Polls conducted during Bush’s presidency showed Cheney’s numbers in the high 60s statewide but that they dropped off somewhat during the second term, said James King, the chairman of the political science department at the University of Wyoming. In a 2010 Gallup poll, 52 percent of Americans saw Cheney unfavorably. …