{"id":9044,"date":"2006-02-27T22:14:01","date_gmt":"2006-02-28T05:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/02\/27\/political-maneuvers.html"},"modified":"2006-02-27T22:14:01","modified_gmt":"2006-02-28T05:14:01","slug":"political_maneu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/02\/27\/political_maneu.html","title":{"rendered":"Political maneuvers"},"content":{"rendered":"

There may be a certain amount of “wishful thinking” or “trial ballooning” in this story, which touts the likelihood that Dick Cheney will step down from being VP<\/a> after the mid-term elections. The idea is that growing rifts in between Cheney and Bush, and the Scooter Libby scandal, will make the post-election period the “right” time for Cheney to pull away from the White House and GOP, before he endangers their 2008 election chances.<\/p>\n

Actually, that would potentially give Bush the chance to select his heir apparent, something that’s been sorely missing from the current White House configuration. <\/p>\n

Whether it will happen is anyone’s guess, though. Cheney’s “retirement” has been speculated at for years. And, of course, if he really is the Evil Puppet-Master behind Bush (as half the conspiracy theories have it), one wouldn’t expect him to leave that opportune position.<\/p>\n

At any rate, I hope the mid-term elections leave the GOP shaken up enough, at least, to prompt more profound political moves than a “graceful” Cheney exit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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