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Politics : WHO IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2004 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: calgal who wrote (1987)	5/11/2003 7:05:30 PM
From: calgal	Respond to of 10965

This was previously announced! Cheney Says He'll Run for Reelection With Bush By Mike Allen Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, May 8, 2003; Page A04 Vice President Cheney said he will run for reelection with President Bush next year, providing the first public confirmation of a campaign that the White House has been planning quietly. Republican sources said that sometime after Memorial Day, Bush is likely to name Marc Racicot, chairman of the Republican National Committee, as his campaign chairman. Mercer Reynolds, who left his post as Bush's ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein at the end of March, is to be the finance chairman, the sources said. Cheney, 62, said Tuesday night before an appearance at Dallas's Southern Methodist University that it will once again be a Bush-Cheney ticket. "The president has asked me if I would serve again as his running mate. I've agreed to do that," he said in a brief interview with the Dallas Morning News. Bush's aides have refused to say he is running, and yesterday administration officials said Cheney prefaced his remarks by saying the president still had not decided whether to run. Cheney, whose broad authority within the administration grew with the swift victory in Iraq, said in August that it was "the president's call" but that he would be happy to serve a second term "if the president is willing and if my wife approves, and if the doctors say it's okay." White House press secretary Ari Fleischer at first told reporters yesterday that he would try to determine when Bush and Cheney talked about the ticket, "for the sake of formality." Fleischer later said Cheney was simply reiterating Bush's statement at a Nov. 7 news conference that, should he decide to run, Cheney would be his ticket-mate. He said Bush is "obviously not" concerned about Cheney's past heart problems. Cheney, who has agreed to undertake a heavy fundraising schedule, battled laryngitis as he spoke at SMU. "I've got a doc with me 24 hours a day who watches me very carefully. There's one outside there now," he said, pointing to a door. "He's part of the entourage that supports me. The president has one, and I have one. So everything looks good to go." The reelection blueprint had called for the formation of a campaign committee as early as March. Officials put that off until after the war, and said they have since realized that there are many advantages to continuing to wait, since it keeps Bush above the fray of the Democratic nomination fight. The campaign is to have its headquarters in Northern Virginia, sources said. Formal campaign events may not begin until fall, but GOP officials hope to begin raising funds sooner. © 2003 The Washington Post Company URL:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27568-2003May7.html