I just recieved a comment from "Bill" on this. Slate magazine is pushing the idea of the President Bush dumping Veep Dick Cheney for someone else. This has been a rumor milling about for months and no matter what the White House does, it just doesn't die. That makes me wonder if there is some truth to the story. Tim Noah thinks Cheney is the reason that the White House is so far to the right on so many issues and if Cheney is gone, then there might be a change of policy.
I don't know if things will be that rosy for Bush, but I do think Noah is right that there is every good chance that getting a new running mate would not hurt him.
Bill thinks we should draft McCain for veep. I do wonder if McCain would take the bait. The question remains: would Bush want to win enough that he willing to bend to McCain's reform-minded conservatism? Would McCain extract some promises from Bush to tackle certain issues or would McCain be another Colin Powell, a good and principled man who has become ineffective in the face of the neocons?
All interesting options. Talk amongst yourselves.
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Posted by: horoscope at October 24, 2005 09:11 AMI agree with Paul, that Bush will not dump Cheney. Not only is that admitting a mistake, but it also would cause a fracture in the loyal relationship between Cheney and the Bushes. Both sides, I think, owe something to each other, but Bush really is in debt to Cheney.
But on the other hand... Cheney could choose to step aside, citing health reasons or some other convenient excuse. Then Bush is free to make whatever choice he wants.
Now if that happens, he'd be smart to get McCain on board - pretty much would sink Kerry. More likely, though, he'd try to tap Bill Frist or maybe even Rick Santorum... in fact, Santorum would be the ideal for Bush. Not only is he a neoconservative and fundamentalist Christian himself, but Santorum comes from a state that Bush desperately needs to win, and is already showing anti-Bush sentiment because of that silly thing with the steel tarriffs. Plus Santorum is young, handsome, could appeal to the same kind of crowd that, say, John Edwards appeals to.
Posted by: Mark Kittel at April 22, 2004 08:16 AMFor Bush to dump Cheney, it would mean admitting a mistake made all the way back in 2000. And if you've watched this administration, admitting mistakes is something they don't do. Also, to attract McCain they'd have to adjust their message to be more reform-minded, sincere about the environment, et al., half of which is poison to the current PTBs controlling the White House.
And who's to say Bush would even have that authority? Oh, sure, he's the top name on the bill, but consider 1) Cheney was responsible for running the VP selection process that...selected himself; 2) Cheney's voice of authority from all accounts is as dominant if not moreso than Bush's when it comes to decision-making; 3) and just look at Apr.29th when Bush and Cheney tag-team (in private) against the 9/11 commission: you can just picture Bush turning his head after each question to Cheney to see what answer he ought to give...
The only way for Cheney to get off the ticket is to get booted off for unavoidable immediate scandal (most likely getting carted off in handcuffs if it came to it!). At which point any ticket replacement is moot because the remnants of the scandal will most likely doom the Bush campaign, and anyone with brain cells would avoid a car wreck like that.
No, McCain as Veep won't work on a Bush ticket. If Cheney goes, odds are Condi or some obscure neo-con congressman from the midwest gets tabbed for it.