https://freerepublic.com/tag/senatorpothole/ en-us Thu, 8 Jul 2004 08:03:20 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1167405/posts ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - President Bush should consider dumping Vice President Dick Cheney from the Republican ticket this year, an influential former GOP senator said Wednesday. Alfonse D'Amato said Bush should consider putting Secretary of State Colin Powell or Sen. John McCain of Arizona on the GOP ticket. There was no immediate comment from the Bush-Cheney campaign. Bush has long maintained he wants Cheney to be his running mate. The D'Amato advice came one day after Bush's Democratic challenger, Sen. John Kerry, announced he had selected Sen. John Edwards to be his running mate. "Let me note that Vice President... AP https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1167405/posts#comment Thu, 8 Jul 2004 08:03:20 GMT