Friday, February 17, 2006
Dump Cheney? - Not In A Million Years
Peggy Noonan quietly suggested it
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But what are they thinking that they're not saying? Here's a hunch, based not on any inside knowledge but only on what I know of people who practice politics, and those who practice it within the Bush White House.John McIntyre says "No Way"
I suspect what they're thinking and not saying is, If Dick Cheney weren't vice president, who'd be a good vice president? They're thinking, At some time down the road we may wind up thinking about a new plan. And one night over drinks at a barbecue in McLean one top guy will turn to another top guy and say, "Under the never permeable and never porous Dome of Silence, tell me . . . wouldn't you like to replace Cheney?"
Assuming Mr. Whittington doesn?t die and there are not contradictions in Cheney?s account of what happened, this story is over, and it will have no lasting impact on the Bush administration. Because once again the MSM and the left have massively overreacted to a story in an attempt to damage the Bush administration, and the backlash against their overreaction will counteract whatever political damage this story may have caused.But Holy Coast puts his finger on why it'll never happen
But you can bet the Senate confirmation will be something to behold, because the Dems won't be wild about confirming the GOP frontrunner for '08.BINGO! Such a move would be PURELY political and as such, the Dems would play hardball on levels they have not even threatened yet. Nope, such political theater is best reserved for elections where it belongs - to play with actual governance on such purely political issues would defy traditional Republican values, and it would open the door to shenanigans I do not want to comtemplate, nor I think does the President.
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