Republican Convention: The G.O.P.'s Hillary Clinton

Like most conservatives, Lynne Cheney says Hillary Clinton drives her crazy. But the two have a lot in common. Each is smart, educated and controversial. While Hillary inflames people on the right, those on the left are equally apoplectic about Cheney, who headed the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Reagan and Bush administrations. Each has an air of certitude. When Cheney hosted CNN's now defunct Sunday version of Crossfire, she once closed with the line "And from the right--and right on most issues--I'm Lynne Cheney." She will not be cowed by protocol. "It's not the kind of campaign where...

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