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Henry @ Columbia (not verified) says:
No need to apologize for any Dick Cheney comparisons. Cheney was an excellent pick for Bush. He knew the ins and outs of DC; was able and willing to use his power effectively to serve the president; during the election of 2000 he gave the Bush team the needed foreign policy experience that was otherwise lacking. Most importantly, he wasn't going to run for president after eight years, which let him fully back Bush and Bush's policies, such as they are. No dissembling with Dick. Cheney has no need to distance himself from his boss, unlike Gore and Bush senior in 2000 and 1988.
So often a VP pick is presumed to be the future of the party. Gore, Quayle, Mondale, Ferraro, Ford, Agnew, and Humphries all found out sometimes that's not the way it goes. Either your party rejects you the next time around, or the voters do when you get your chance.
No need to apologize for any Dick Cheney comparisons. Cheney was an excellent pick for Bush. He knew the ins and outs of DC; was able and willing to use his power effectively to serve the president; during the election of 2000 he gave the Bush team the needed foreign policy experience that was otherwise lacking. Most importantly, he wasn't going to run for president after eight years, which let him fully back Bush and Bush's policies, such as they are. No dissembling with Dick. Cheney has no need to distance himself from his boss, unlike Gore and Bush senior in 2000 and 1988.
So often a VP pick is presumed to be the future of the party. Gore, Quayle, Mondale, Ferraro, Ford, Agnew, and Humphries all found out sometimes that's not the way it goes. Either your party rejects you the next time around, or the voters do when you get your chance.