"Cheney is feeding Bush's instinct never to give ground when under attack, "
That is excellent advice.
Here's some better advice, I think. :-}
Holding ground never wins the political battle. Offense, offense, offense.
Cheney and Bush are REAL men, the kind who still have instincts.
Wish somebody would post that pic again of Cheney casting for trout. It got all us Freeper women all worked up.
As we say done here in Tennessee "He's purty."