Will Cheney Retire After Mid Term Elections?
It's trial balloon time: the conservative magazine Insight, published by the company that puts out The Washington Times, has the latest now-it-can-be-told by our-sources report suggesting Vice President Dick Cheney could bow out after the mid-term elections.And it seems this story is linked to Cheney's upcoming legal problems, with the "i-word" being raised. Bottom line: it sounds as if some are nervous about what the rest of the year holds for Cheney and want to extricate the White House and GOP from him.
This story qualifies as a classic message-sender/trial balloon story.Clearly, some faction within the White House is trying to send out a message to Cheney (Time to think about packing your bags and PLEASE take that shotgun with you when you go) or to Republicans (We may be going down in the polls so low now that weeds are starting to grow around us but if we Dump Dick we can reinvigorate the White House AND get a fresh-face in place who will then have a good chance to win in 2008).But make no mistake about it: this isn't likely a story that was invented by a refugee from a tabloid. It's a send-em-a-message story:
Vice President Dick Cheney is expected to retire within a year.A pretty definitive statement. It means the source is a good one.
Senior GOP sources envision the retirement of Mr. Cheney in 2007, months after the congressional elections. The sources said Mr. Cheney would be persuaded to step down as he becomes an increasing political liability to President Bush.Could the initials be DB or KR? But it's "senior GOP sources" so could it be BF? Or even GHWB?
The sources reported a growing rift between the president and vice president as well as their staffs. They cited Mr. Cheney's failure to immediately tell the president of the accidental shooting of the vice president's hunting colleague earlier this month. The White House didn't learn of the incident until 18 hours later.Translation: Cheney aide Mary Matalin might want to start sending out her resume ASAP. The White House is not pleased about how Cheney's wounding a hunting friend played out.
Mr. Cheney's next crisis could take place by the end of the year, the sources said. They said the White House was expecting Mr. Cheney to defend himself against charges from his former chief of staff, Lewis Libby, that the vice president ordered him to relay classified information. Such a charge could lead to a congressional investigation and even impeachment proceedings.The key here is that LAST phrase: there are fears (at least in the part of the White House or GOP where the magazine's source works) that Cheney will face impeachment hearings.
"Nothing will happen until after the congressional elections," a GOP source said. "After that, there will be significant changes in the administration and Cheney will probably be part of that."And now the speculation will begin on who Bush will pick to replace Cheney. One of the more peculiar aspects of our democracy that still seems rooted in royalty is that the presidential party's political candidate or the President gets to handpick the Vice Presidential candidate or new Vice President. The party and Congress invariably ratify it.
read more here http://www.themoderatevoice.com/posts/1141114674.shtml
This story qualifies as a classic message-sender/trial balloon story.Clearly, some faction within the White House is trying to send out a message to Cheney (Time to think about packing your bags and PLEASE take that shotgun with you when you go) or to Republicans (We may be going down in the polls so low now that weeds are starting to grow around us but if we Dump Dick we can reinvigorate the White House AND get a fresh-face in place who will then have a good chance to win in 2008).But make no mistake about it: this isn't likely a story that was invented by a refugee from a tabloid. It's a send-em-a-message story:
Vice President Dick Cheney is expected to retire within a year.A pretty definitive statement. It means the source is a good one.
Senior GOP sources envision the retirement of Mr. Cheney in 2007, months after the congressional elections. The sources said Mr. Cheney would be persuaded to step down as he becomes an increasing political liability to President Bush.Could the initials be DB or KR? But it's "senior GOP sources" so could it be BF? Or even GHWB?
The sources reported a growing rift between the president and vice president as well as their staffs. They cited Mr. Cheney's failure to immediately tell the president of the accidental shooting of the vice president's hunting colleague earlier this month. The White House didn't learn of the incident until 18 hours later.Translation: Cheney aide Mary Matalin might want to start sending out her resume ASAP. The White House is not pleased about how Cheney's wounding a hunting friend played out.
Mr. Cheney's next crisis could take place by the end of the year, the sources said. They said the White House was expecting Mr. Cheney to defend himself against charges from his former chief of staff, Lewis Libby, that the vice president ordered him to relay classified information. Such a charge could lead to a congressional investigation and even impeachment proceedings.The key here is that LAST phrase: there are fears (at least in the part of the White House or GOP where the magazine's source works) that Cheney will face impeachment hearings.
"Nothing will happen until after the congressional elections," a GOP source said. "After that, there will be significant changes in the administration and Cheney will probably be part of that."And now the speculation will begin on who Bush will pick to replace Cheney. One of the more peculiar aspects of our democracy that still seems rooted in royalty is that the presidential party's political candidate or the President gets to handpick the Vice Presidential candidate or new Vice President. The party and Congress invariably ratify it.
read more here http://www.themoderatevoice.com/posts/1141114674.shtml
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