Republicans' Cheney Problem

Townhall.com ^ | February 20, 2007 | Bruce Bartlett

[Irish Rose]

Have at it, folks - 2008, President Bush, Dick Cheney, the vice presidency and presidency in general.

[KantianBurke]

Interesting article. Not sure I fully agree with its conclusion however.

[BlueOneGolf]

www.GoHunter08.com

[JohnLongIsland]

It has fostered insularity at the White House and closed off an important avenue of influence to the president that has encouraged him to take a "go it alone" attitude, which is bad both for the country and the Republican Party.


What's the alternative, consulting al quedas ally, the democrat party?

[gov_bean_ counter]

IIRC, Cheney lobbied hard for Paul O'Neil at Treasury. Bad move. Not a fan of tax cuts. In addition was bailed out by as CEO of Alcoa when Bill Clinton brokered a deal between Alcoa and Marc Rich to allow Alcoa to get raw materials at reasonable prices when no body else could get product period.

I believe O'Neil was an early off the record source for anti-Bush stories early in the administration.

[Kevmo]

I've been saying that Bush should ask Cheney to resign for health reasons and nominate Duncan Hunter for VP. Even if DH doesn't get ratified, the publicity will put him in tier1, and Bush manages to give the party a clear direction. It would be an appointment worth more than the supreme court.

[BlueOneGolf]

OOPS!! Fixed it!

www.GoHunter08.com

[Irish Rose]

I'm pretty certain O'Neill wrote a negative book about the Bush Administration after he was fired. You're right, bad move.

[Txsleuth]

First of all...the wackos in the USA hate Cheney more than they do Bush...

Second of all...anyone that Bush would want to be in Cheney's place wouldn't make anyone happy anyway.

Have you read the threads around here??? Bush is about as popular on FR as Hillary on most of them.

[DTogo]

The whole Bush entourage needs to go.

[quantim]

Usually, it has a clear frontrunner going into the process

That's just plain MSM speak trying to invent news. If there is a 'clear frontrunner' why bother to even hold the primaries?

It's not even March 2007 fer' Pete's sake.

[quantim]

Bush should ask Cheney to resign

The dems would parlay that into an admission of guiltiness regardless of reason, it would be disastrous.

[FreePoster]

Republican Party has a huge problem going into 2008. Usually, it has a clear frontrunner

Duncan Hunter. Problem solved. Clear enough to me. RINO's don't count.

[Kevmo]

I say, let them parlay. Cheney would get to go home early & get some good fishing in.

[spikeytx86]

Gloves off for a moment?

Rightly or Wrongly the last thing a candidate would want to be right now is associated very closely with the President. Weather it be Hunter or Giuliani etc., it would give them unnecessary baggage and limit there Independence.

[gidget7]

Wow. Now that's a thought! Not sure what the redification process is, or what else is entailed. But isn't the President pretty much in charge of who he appoints?

[Kevmo]

The last 2 years of the VP position in a 2-term administration is spent running his own agenda anyways. Hunter needs the exposure; Bush needs to be able to say he didn't leave the party in a lurch. Cheney needs a rest. We need some clarity. And the MSM needs a good reason to run some stories & sell newspapers.

[Kevmo]

The President can nominate whomever he wants, but there's some kind of ratification process in terms of a vote by the senate.

[gidget7]

OK I must confess you have a point there!

[Bean Counter]

It just goes to show, it's always sumpthin!