BUT, if it looks like it would keep Jimmy Carter II and The Coiffed Walking Lawsuit out of the White House... I'd be understanding if Cheney announced his medicos have told him to "throttle back" to being a "senior advisor" and Dubya put some promising rising star of the GOP into the VP slot.
I know that sounds Machiavellian...but if it keep our Republic safe...so be it.
I have mixed feelings on the whole issue. However, I am certain that if Cheney thought Bush's chance would be better with someone else on the ticket he would pull out.
Interestingly enough, if you look at the history of the presidency it has only been in the last 50 years or so that a VP was presumed to keep the same spot in the reelection bid.
29 posted on 07/18/2004 7:54:09 PM PDT by wagglebee