[Eric in the Ozarks]

Naah ! Change his oil, rotate his tires and Cheney's good for another 100,000 miles.

[mass55th]

The only rumors that are swirling are the ones the media is starting, and the wishful thinking of the DemonRATS. The President already said that Dick and he are running in '04. What more do these people need?

[Naspino]

BARF ARTICLE. This is nothing more than setting up Bush as a political monster if anything does happen to Cheney or if Cheney steps down.

[afz400]

Bush needs to distance himself from the Halliburton Iraq mess - the greedy SOBs have only themselves to blame on that one and Cheney stinks to high heaven by being associated with them. Besides with Rice as VP he would win hands-down. Cheney's smug know-it-all arrogance is getting old IMHO.

[Always Right]

Short of serious health problems, there is absolutely no way Cheney will not be the VP. This talk is as dumb as talk about Hillary taking out Kerry in a plane accident, although there is little more merit in that possibility.

[MEG33]

It's in the media and right here on FR.I wonder if some suggesting Guilliani replace Cheney are really Republicans.I like Guilliani but he is not a good replacement as a VP.He is more likely to be a good candidate for NY Senator.

[sirshackleton]

Take it to the bank....Bush-Frist '04

[muleskinner]

A good friend of mine, Sierra Club Lib, NPR junkie, but agrees with Bush on his foreign policey, would seriously consider voting for G.W., if D.C. wasn't on the ticket. He's bought into the whole Halliburton thing. I keep telling him, "Too much NPR".

[azcap]

Cheney needs to resign next spring not this spring. That way Bush can choose his successor in a non-election state of mind. If the GOP doesn't prepare a successor to Bush for 2008 we are setting ourselves up for a hard lesson.

[BibChr]

I love Cheney. Too bad he's morally tone-deaf on homosexuality, but in every other way, he seems superb. He so flattened the much-vaunted Lieberman last go-around; he could flatten anyone the Dims pick.

Pro-abort Giuliani or fuzzy-but-suspicious-on-abortion Rice would split the party, and be about the stupidest thing Bush could do short of cheating on Laura or getting drunk with Maureen Dowd.

Dan

[Iowamerican]

I already have a Bush-Cheney bumper sticker on my car, so I say he's on the ticket to stay.

[RichInOC]

...blah blah blah...

I think I've been seeing stories (and Freeper posts) like this for the last four years. None of them have panned out. Wake me up when Big Time actually leaves.

[beachn4fun]

He quipped that he had put Cheney in charge of his vice presidential search committee, as he had originally done in the 2000 campaign. "He tells me he's reviewed all the candidates, and he's come back with the same recommendation as last time," Bush said. "In fact, I made the choice myself, and I have taken the measure of this man. They don't come any better, and I am proud to have Dick Cheney by my side."

Isn't it funny how you haven't heard much from the liberals/media about Cheney until the President put this in his speech?

[af_vet_1981]

At a Republican governors fund-raiser that marked the kickoff of his 2004 campaign, Bush gave a ringing endorsement of Cheney and in a joking way, alluded obliquely to rumors he might be mulling a change. He quipped that he had put Cheney in charge of his vice presidential search committee, as he had originally done in the 2000 campaign. "He tells me he's reviewed all the candidates, and he's come back with the same recommendation as last time," Bush said. "In fact, I made the choice myself, and I have taken the measure of this man. They don't come any better, and I am proud to have Dick Cheney by my side."

This is just another reason why I am voting for Bush/Cheney in 2004. I hope everyone here will join me.

[Cooter]

I would love to see Cheney shred Hillary! in a VP debate.

[familyofman]

I nominate Ann Coulter to replace the old-man Cheney as VP candidate. (I just want to see if the AC fan club will post her photos here).

[teletech]

Unlike DemocRATS, Republicans don't replace candidates to win an election.

[bondjamesbond]

If Cheney is to be on the ticket, Bush must back him to the hilt at this time, to eliminate speculation that he will be dropped and give an incentive to the liberal flying monkeys of the media to keep baying for his blood.

If Cheney is to be dropped from the tickey, Bush must back him to the hilt a this time, or the ticket will appear weak and indecisive. Cheney dropping out under fire would be the worst possible scenario.

So regardless of what the long-term plan is, Bush's task right now is exactly the same. Stand by Cheney and state boldy that he has your absolute confidence and loyalty.

[Sloth]

Democratic attacks for such issues as his past role as head of energy company Halliburton Co., the energy firm that contracts in post-war Iraq

I still don't "get" the Halliburton thing, I guess. I mean, I know leftists hate capitalism in general & a fossil-fuel industry conglomerate is even worse, but what exactly is the alleged impropriety? It's as though the name "Halliburton" is supposed to convey a vague sense of evil without any particular claims made.

[realpatriot71]

Maybe it's really Cheney who is in charge! :-)