The New GOP Frontrunner: Dick Cheney

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from the Nation:



The New GOP Frontrunner: Dick Cheney
John Nichols on November 13, 2011 - 9:04am ET


There is not a lot of fresh polling data on Dick Cheney. While it is fair to say that the numbers are probably a bit better than they were when the CBS News/New York Times team found in the final poll ofr the Bush-Cheney era that the outgoing vice president had a 13 percent favorable rating, there's no evidence to suggest that Americans have warmed to the country's chief advocate for war, torture, surveillance and secrecy.

Except, this is, among the Americans who are considered frontrunners in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

With the exception of Ron Paul (who is actually right about a lot of issues) and John Huntsman (who is actually rational), the crowd on stage at Satirday night's “Republican Commander-in-Chief Debate.” in South Carolina oozed Cheneyism.

Mitt Romney, the frontrunner Republicans love to hate, and Newt Gingrich, the next alternative to Romneyevitability, sparred over who was more prepared to go nuclear with Iran. Gingrich advocated assassination ("taking out their scientists") and massive disruption ("breaking up their systems, all of it covertly, all of it deniable") as first steps. Then war. Romney went with rank partisanship: "If we re-elect Barack Obama, Iran will have a nuclear weapon. And if you elect Mitt Romney, Iran will not have a nuclear weapon." ..............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.thenation.com/blog/164572/new-gop-frontrunner-dick-cheney

[MisterP]

1. now if only he also weren't the Dems'...