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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (80642)	11/28/2006 10:57:15 AM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Are Cheney's days numbered? Analyst claims influence waning RAW STORY Published: Tuesday November 28, 2006 Print This Email This 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 'crying wolf' in the Washington political scene. Still, in lieu of the depature of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and the continuing ostracization of Administration neoconservatives, the possibility isn't beyond the pale. Excerpts from ThinkProgress' transcript: CRAWFORD: I still wonder if he stays in this administration for the full term here. I really wonder if Rumsfeld’s leaving is just the beginning. MATTHEWS: Well, who is showing up with the Ryder truck at his home. Who’s gonna get him out? CRAWFORD: He has to make the choice himself. He can’t be fired, technically, under the Constitution. MATTHEWS: Why would he leave?... CRAWFORD: My point is I don’t know why he’d want to stick around. MATTHEWS: He has assumed an awful lot of authority under this President. CRAWFORD: I know, and that authority is waning, if not gone. And my point is why would he want to stick around in this environment? He might just choose to leave. MATTHEWS: Let me check this. I rarely do this on the show. Are you teasing? Are you — do you actually think there’s a reasonable plausible case for this Vice President to give up all the power he enjoys as the President’s first counsel? CRAWFORD: Not if he doesn’t enjoy it anymore. I mean all I’m seeing is the man getting isolated more and more. This seems to be his most vulnerable position in the entire Bush administration.