Who will become the new VP???

[The Sushi Bandit]

Vice President Dick Cheney is expected to retire within a year.

Who will the shrub pick??

You make the call!

[LiberalEsto]

1. McCain

or perhaps Libby Dole

[Poiuyt]

11. McCain has been kissing Bush's ass so much lately

You know he's been told to play good and he will be rewarded.

[Dinger]

26. I Agree - It's Obvious

McCain is kissing bu$h's ass, heavy-duty style. Yet, he seems to be forcing it. You can tell.

[MADem]

34. He's been kissing a lot more than his ass!!!

[Dinger]

45. Ewww, Did You Do That, Or Is It Real?

:puke:

[MADem]

47. No, it's a photoshop, and I wish I had the talent to do that stuff

But it sums it up, dunnit???

[0007]

57. Behind the scene

[Pirate Smile]

36. Yep, McCain so it will no longer be a wide open Republican Primary.

He can be the anointed candidate.

[MadMaddie]

2. I bet Condi...

trying to get some of the black vote back...but the * cabal is too stuuuupid to know that Black America doesn't count Condi as one our own.....

[LSparkle]

3. George Allen

Maybe that's why all the Rethugs are touting him as a "one to watch." Personally, I think he's pretty plastic, but maybe they know something I (we) don't ...

[MadMaddie]

4. Aren't they all plastic....??

:sarcasm:

[Dunvegan]

5. Who have they got that they think is "Bulletproof?" That's my question.

[LSparkle]

9. That may be Allen

He's EVEN more plastic (less "alienating," less specific about his positions) than most of the Thugs. He comes off as a Howdy-Doody, nice, former football guy, not someone provocative. Definitely an "empty suit" that the Cabal could mold to their liking.

[katty]

21. practically no one, but they will roll CON-di out

[cyberia]

54. Bulletproof?

Harry Whittington? :rofl:

[The Sushi Bandit]

7. The football coach???

[LSparkle]

10. Allen used to play football, don't know if he was a coach

[The Sushi Bandit]

13. Yea, he coached the LA Rams ....

and Cal State Long Beach!


wait... I think he is dead!

[tularetom]

25. The dumbass one that's a senator

is the son of the one who was a coach. The father is indeed taking a dirt nap. He was good buds with tricky Dick.

[smtpgirl]

60. George Allen

SR

Coached Rams & Redskins

[abluelady]

30. His father was the football coach.

Those are the son's credentials.

[Virginia Dare]

24. He can match Chimpy smirk for smirk...n/t

[Hippo_Tron]

50. I don't think that they wanna give the dems a free senate seat

[terrya]

6. Frist

IF this story is true...which I doubt. I'm a bit skeptical on this one.

[1956]

19. Don't ya think that by having Jeb jump in....

That would enable the PNAC to further it's dastardly plans? I believe Jeb's name is at the bottom of that doc.( Don't have link for it, sorry.)Perhaps Cheney's leaving has been the plan for quite some time. Remember these guys are patient...just like AlQueda.

[iconoclastNYC]

8. George Allen

[annofark]

12. Question

Have any other VPs retired in the middle of a term?

[LSparkle]

15. Spiro T. Agnew -- that's how we got President Ford

[michreject]

32. Nobody voted for him.....eom

[LSparkle]

37. That right -- he replaced Agnew and Nixxxxon resigned

Only one who wasn't voted in -- thanks to Agnew's resignation.

[smtpgirl]

61. throw out one for ya

How about Erlich, Gov of MD, just as much of a loser as Agnew. Agnew came from MD too

[On the Road]

14. Bush Seems to Like Insiders

He might go for Tom Ridge.

Or if he trusts his emotions, he might take a flier on Condoleeza Rice. Or Harriet Miers. :)

[HereSince1628]

16. The problem is there are many R's who seek the presidency.

Competition being what it is, each and every one of them will not give another prospective candidate the leg up into a national role.

If, and the is a VERY big if, Cheney resigns the position would probably go to someone unlikely to succeed the president into the oval office.

I think it's likely to be Bob Dole before it would be anyone with a chance of running in 2008.

[Jack Rabbit]

17. Nobody

He will be impeached and removed from office without being allowed to handpick his successor.

Now, who will President Pelosi pick as her Vice President?

[HereSince1628]

18. the vp position has been vacant for 20% of US history...

[LSparkle]

22. Or did the country just THINK it was vacant?

:sarcasm:

[Jack Rabbit]

38. That was when Quayle was veep, right?

Now there was a Quayle the way Cheney likes 'em -- unable to fly.

[LSparkle]

20. Dennis Kucinich or John Conyers ... in a perfect world

[karynnj]

28. Gore would be poetic justice

or Kerry.

[Jack Rabbit]

39. Poetic justice would be . . .

. . . that Nancy Pelosi steps aside and allows the House to choose Al Gore as speaker in 2007, right after Cheney resigns. Bush is then impeached and convicted.

Al Gore ascends to the office that he won years ago.

[nickinSTL]

55. uh...wouldn't Gore have to be IN the House

for that to work? :shrug:

I don't see THAT happening.

[Jack Rabbit]

56. No

Although every Speaker in history has been a member of the House, the House may elect anyone as Speaker.

[Catchawave]

23. Cheney's not going anywhere.....

Of course, he could use his "health card" to understandably retire and/or spend more time with his family, in the near future.

In any event, if it is McCain, we do have him on record dissing the VP spot :evilgrin: Flip Flopper !

[sofa king]

27. Another criminal.

Seriously. The Bush Administration is a criminal conspiracy. Any possible replacement for Cheney would have to be someone thoroughly versed in the cover-up of crimes already committed.

That's a short and much-maligned list: Karl Rove, John Bolton, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleeza Rice, and perhaps a score of smaller fry. Whichever criminal is selected, you can bet that the current Chief of Staff, David Addington, will remain in place at the President's request.

[karynnj]

29. He would need to find

a person who,

1) Can get confirmed

AND

2) Who people dislike enough, that they won't impeach Bush.

The problem with Allen and and maybe McCain is that there may be enough Republicans who would think Bush an albatross and who would want one of these to be the incumbent President.

[michreject]

33. No need for a conformation hearing

Shrub just picks his veep and he's in.

Legislative branch has no say so in the selection.

[ISUGRADIA]

48. Yes there will be hearings, the choice has to be confirmed

Amendment XXV

Section 1. In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.

Section 2. Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.

Section 3. Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President.

Section 4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.

Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.

[Delphinus]

31. It's going to be someone who can take over in '08.

I don't know who TPTB have lined up, but that's what this is all about (imho).

[leveymg]

35. Someone perceived by GOP elite as able to run the country - a caretaker

who's competent, a team player who's not threatening or overly-ideological, and not too tarnished himself by scandal, who plays well with other children. Who does that describe? McCain? I really can't think of anyone else. John Warner? Olympia Snow?

Allen's an ambitious dunce, and Condie's part of the BushCo cabal so she's out. Libby Dole is tainted by her association with the Red Cross.

[mtnester]

40. McCain, Condi or Frist...take yer pick

whichever one KKKarl wants

[Mz Pip]

41. Not McCain

Then the Dem Governor will appoint a Dem for the Senate. The Repugs won't go for that. No McCain won't be the choice. Someone from a solid red state or someone from his cabinet. Rice maybe.

Maybe Harriet Myers... :rofl:

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Minnesota Libra]

42. McCain - it would serve him well for kissing.......

....Bush's ass so often including when Bush trashed MaCain's military service. :puke:

[Nomen Tuum]

43. Jeb

Got to keep it all in the family

[napi21]

44. I don't think he'll leave! Cheney has an ego the size of the World!

He doesn't GAS about what anybody thinks of him. Why should he? He's already got his Millions, & more power than he can handle. I really can't see him leaving the job, no matter who asks or tells him to.

[AtomicKitten]

46. I'd say the Bush pick is George Allen.

[Hippo_Tron]

51. That gives the dems another senate seat

[SoCalDemGrrl]

49. Lieberman

That way Bush can finally say that he's "reaching across the aisle" and mending fences.
:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[MrSlayer]

52. Cheney is NOT leaving.

Unless he dies and even that might not stop him. He's there for the long haul.

[Dulcinea]

59. Cheney is one of the undead.

He's not going anywhere.

[wallwriter]

53. Not bloody likely n/t

[NJ Democrats]

58. I think it will be George Allen.