Neal said she believed Democrats and Republicans both shared responsibility for the failures of government and specifically lashed out at “career politicians.” Cheney, who was first elected to political office last year, isn’t quite a career politician but Neal said she came close enough.

“She’s had a life in politics. She is going to continue to have a life in politics. Her family has had a life in politics,” Neal said. “I don't believe that's appropriate.”

And?

“I also find it frustrating that, although obviously Liz’s family has long-term ties with Wyoming, she’s not really from Wyoming.”

There it is.

Neal did hasten to add that she respected Cheney and her family. She declined to detail specific policies or positions that Cheney or Wyoming’s two U.S. senators have taken that she thinks are wrong for the state. But Neal said that if and when she decides to run, she will make those clear.

Neal said she has lived in Wyoming for about 20 years. She was born in Michigan and graduated from the University of Kentucky before attending medical school at the University of California, Los Angeles.