Cheney quit his job? Amusing to ponder but unlikely (Reuters)

[Eugene]

Cheney quit his job? Amusing to ponder but unlikely

By David Alexander

1 hour, 28 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dick Cheney's health problems and the perjury conviction
of his former chief of staff touched off another round of a favorite Washington
"what if?" parlor game: What would happen if he quit as President George W. Bush's
vice president and who would replace him?

The game has been played frequently in recent years, usually after the vice president,
who has suffered several heart attacks, has had a health scare or has done something
particularly embarrassing, like blasting a fellow hunter with birdshot.

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Interesting to think about, perhaps, but is it likely? Hardly, say political aides on Capitol
Hill and analysts who study the vice presidency.

"There is no speculation over here of him stepping down," said a Republican leadership
aide, who spoke on condition of anonymity. "I don't know why he would. He isn't the
one who got convicted."

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Full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070308/pl_nm/usa_politics_cheney_dc

(Agence France-Presse)

Cheney still 'trusted aide': Bush spokesman

Wed Mar 7, 10:28 AM ET

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush still views Vice President Dick Cheney
as a "trusted aide" despite the criminal conviction of Cheney's former right-hand man,
the White House said Wednesday.

"The vice president still remains a trusted aide," said spokesman Tony Snow told
reporters. "The vice president is somebody upon whose counsel the president depends."

The spokesman said Bush and Cheney had spoken since a Washington jury delivered a
guilty verdict against the vice president's former chief of staff, Lewis "Scooter"
Libby, but declined to offer any details.

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Full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070307/pl_afp/ustrialpoliticsspy_070307152822

[bdamomma]

1. Bush can't get rid of his brains Rove and Cheney.

if one goes all of them should go.