Posted on 12/01/2009 12:59:43 PM PST by caddystacks
I think we should be taking the possibility of a Dick Cheney bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012 more seriously, for a run would be good for the Republicans and good for the country. (The sound you just heard in the background was liberal readers spitting out their lattes.)
Why? Because Cheney is a man of conviction, has a record on which he can be judged, and whatever the result, there could be no ambiguity about the will of the people. The best way to settle arguments is by having what we used to call full and frank exchanges about the issues, and then voting. A contest between Dick Cheney and Barack Obama would offer us a bracing referendum on competing visions.
One of the problems with governance since the election of Bill Clinton has been the resolute refusal of the opposition party (the GOP from 1993 to 2001, the Democrats from 2001 to 2009, and now the GOP again in the Obama years) to concede that the president, by virtue of his victory, has a mandate to take the country in a given direction.
A Cheney victory would mean that America preferred a vigorous unilateralism to President Obama's unapologetic multilateralism, and vice versa
No one foresaw Cheney's reemergence as a force in the politics of the 21st century until it happened. So perhaps the pattern is set, a pattern of insistent denial of interest—until it turns out that, hey, he is interested.
Cheney's memoirs are due to be published—and thus due to be promoted—in the spring of 2011, not long before the caucuses and primaries begin. I'll bet you that the Barnes & Noble in Des Moines (there's a big one at The Shoppes at Three Fountains) is on the book tour
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
Where can I buy the bumper stickers—all of them?!
Interesting reasoning by the author and, I think, right on target. The Republicans need to offer a clear alternative to Obama, regardless who the nominee is. The biggest danger is that the party nominates a lackluster candidate (normal against an incumbent) with Obama-lite views and fails to take advantage of the dynamics in the voter pool.....
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Cheney would lose and that’s why Newsweek wants him to run.
I said it before, I’ll say it again... if there’s a massive attack on this country in the next two years, Cheney will run and Cheney will win. I love Palin, but if we’re attacked, America is going to be begging for a leader like Cheney.
And Newsweak should be careful what they wish for. The only conceivable way I could ever feel sorry for Zero is if he had to go against Dick Cheney in a debate.
Now THAT could be an "historic" Administration, too
I think Pallis said it best. Cheney would draw more fire than Sarah Palin and you see how many “conservatives” get cold feet over the fire Sarah draws. Also, Cheney is a political insider and the only thing you would hear about is Halliburton. It is hypocritical for the left to criticize Cheney over government contracts, but that has never stopped them before. I want a fresh face. Sarah still has a fresh face, but it won’t be fresh after 2012. After 2012 I will look for new inspiration. I am open to someone else, but someone else will have to lay his track record on the table and not just try to sell me talking points.
Which one is on top?
That's one of the reasons Sarah Palin resonates with folks. She is the walking, talking, total polar opposite to the Kenyan and his warped ideology
He could become Palin’s secretary of Defense. The libs will have apoplexy!
see 32.
Would it matter?
I mean, if you really get down to it?
I think Liz is gonna run for something......she's out there on almost a weekly basis now.
Seen more of her in the past 6 months, than the last 8 years prior.
And I gots to tell you, I really really like what I see.
Chaney has all the baggage of Bush either way.
Congress in 1994 didn't have a mandate?
You lost me there.
The problem with fresh faces is that we don’t necessarily know what they believe or how they will govern. Obama is a fresh face. I think that 4 years of Obama mistakes and missteps might send the country looking for someone with a lot more experience under their belt.
Newsweek: Anybody but Palin. (Too bad Huck is out of the running.)
Could it be they see Cheney as the QUEER CONNECTION?... becasus of his daughter being a lesbian?
NO, No more Bushes or Cheneys or the old guard. NEW CLEAN BLOOD please.
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