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dc_dux · 02-13-2007, 08:04 PM

Bush cant replace Cheney even if he wanted to unless Cheney wants to go. Unlike Rumsfeld, Cheney was elected not appointed.

The only person more instransigent than Bush is Cheney and the only circumstance under which he would ever possibly leave before the next election is if he is charged with a crime and threatened with impeachment. And even then, he is stubborn enough to fight it out, knowing that he has nothing to lose politically and his fighiting would have the support of the hard core 20% of the right that still support him.

I think Bush has done the next best thing. He has marginalized Cheney with the appointments of Gates as Secy of Defense, Negroponte as Dep. Secy of State (recognizing that Condi Rice is in way over her head, completely ineffectual and making her simply a figurehead) and Mike McConnell as the Dir of National Intelligence - all three guys are Bush 41 guys and have no loyalties to Cheney.

IMO, the conservative Repub looming in the shadows for '08, and the one the Dems would fear most, is Newt Gingrich.

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dc_dux Location: Washington DC	Bush cant replace Cheney even if he wanted to unless Cheney wants to go. Unlike Rumsfeld, Cheney was elected not appointed. The only person more instransigent than Bush is Cheney and the only circumstance under which he would ever possibly leave before the next election is if he is charged with a crime and threatened with impeachment. And even then, he is stubborn enough to fight it out, knowing that he has nothing to lose politically and his fighiting would have the support of the hard core 20% of the right that still support him. I think Bush has done the next best thing. He has marginalized Cheney with the appointments of Gates as Secy of Defense, Negroponte as Dep. Secy of State (recognizing that Condi Rice is in way over her head, completely ineffectual and making her simply a figurehead) and Mike McConnell as the Dir of National Intelligence - all three guys are Bush 41 guys and have no loyalties to Cheney. IMO, the conservative Repub looming in the shadows for '08, and the one the Dems would fear most, is Newt Gingrich. __________________ "The perfect is the enemy of the good." ~ Voltaire Last edited by dc_dux; 02-13-2007 at 08:08 PM..