The only way I see VP Cheney stepping down is for health reasons -- if the doctor was concerned about his heart condition then I think he should step aside and think about his health. There is no way that Pres Bush would just drop him from the ticket IMHO.
Maybe Al needs to hear what Bush said today comparing Edwards to Cheney.
I have agree with you PKM. I feel Cheney would step down himself, if he felt he would drag the ticket down. Unfortunately though, the media has succeeds in doing to Cheney, what they did so effectively to Quail. They will not let Haliburton, the use of an (well placed, IMHO) off color epithet on the Senate floor or the many other issues they have concocted die.
While it would disappoint me greatly, it would not surprise me to see Cheney step aside, during the next few weeks, for health reasons.