[JohnHuang2]

If it is 44, I'd look for Cheney to step down next year and Rice to replace him.

That's a very likely scenario -- and one the MSM absolutely dreads.

[Miss Marple]

That's what I think. I used to doubt they would do it, but I am beginning to think that the only objection to Condi is that she has never run for office, and the only way to negate that would be to have her in the VP slot, giving her a sort of incumbency.

Also, if she is named as VP, doesn't she have to go before Congress? I am a little hazy on my recollection of how Gerald Ford was approved when Spiro Agnew resigned.