Raw Story:
A senior columnist for the inside-the-beltway publication Congressional Quarterly speculated on MSNBC's Hardball this afternoon that Vice President Richard B. Cheney may be the next to exit the Bush Administration, a report first caught by ThinkProgress. ThinkProgress has the video here.
Speculation that Cheney could depart the White House has been rampant, and the claim by CQ political analyst Craig Crawford could be yet another case of "crying wolf" on the Washington political scene. Still, with the depature of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and the continuing ostracization of Administration neoconservatives, the possibility isn't beyond the pale.
If Cheney does resign, he'll probably cite health reasons -- the guy's a heart attack waiting to happen, anyway. One thing that makes me think this might not happen is that, if Cheney resigns, the replacement VP would almost surely be the GOP presidential candidate in '08. Cheney won't run.
Unless things change drastically in the next two years, a Bush administration candidate doesn't have a prayer in '08. They may keep Dick around just to give them a shot at winning.
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