The reason the public hated Bush-Cheney was because of the media’s relentless attacks on them: they painted them the color they wanted and Bush and Cheney did little to defend themselves. Now the public has started to understand what a fraud the media has been in its protrayal of Obama AND Bush -Cheney. That makes them willing to listen for themselves to hear what Cheney said and, lo and behold, Mr. Cheney turns out NOT to be the evil monster he was made out to be. No, he is actually reserved, measured, thoughtful, intelligent, competent and straightforward (all the things Obama is not).
All Cheney has done is reclaim the credibility he should have had all along. The public is slowly discovering that our emperor is wearing no clothes.
In fact, Cheney would have loved to speak out earlier but he deferred to Bush and took it day after day. Now with the shackles off, we are seeing the REAL Dick Cheney. This is the Dick Cheney that told Bush #41 that he would never trust the Russians as the only member of the cabinet to do so.
Cheney IMO is head of the Republican Party with a spine and speaks for me along with his daughter, Liz!