Apparently Dick Cheney has checked into cardiac care at the hospital in Vail, CO for angina. Ariana Huffington has the story.
The White House says Cheney is in for orthopedic care.
Cheney has had several heart attacks already, and has an implanted defibrilattor. He is living on borrowed time, and has been for quite a while. Will this lead to Cheney's resignation as Vice President? America can only hope so.
Sort of reminds me of how Spiro Agnew resigned as Vice President before pleading Nolo Contendre for taking a bribe as Maryland Governor. This allowed the Congress to begin impeachment proceedings against Nixon without the fear that removing Nixon would elevate the even more (if possible) unsuitable Agnew to the Presidency. For some strange reason the Republicans have repeatedly chosen unsuitable Vice Presidential candidates who clearly were not reasonable choices to become President. First was Nixon as Eisenhower's Vice President, second was Agnew as Nixon's Veep. Reagan went against the grain by choosing Bush senior. but Bush returned to type with J. Danforth Quayle. Now we have Dick Cheney. Each of these vice Presidents can be viewed as impeachment insurance for the President. If you get rid of the President, would it really be worth it considering who was Veep?
It may be that the next big debate with the Senate is who they will approve to replace Cheney. I wonder what kind of sick candidate they can choose to replace him. Rumsfeld, maybe?
Bring in Hastert, and does Tom DeLay get elevated to House Majority Leader? I suspect even Tom doesn't want that job. Talk about being in the cross-hairs now!
An interesting set of speculations appear with Cheney hospitalized for angina. If Cheney is replaced by a viable candidate for President, then much of Bush's appearance of being a lame duck may disappear. Such a replacement Veep could well be the shoe-in front-runner for the Republican nomination for President in 2008. That instantly brings Frist to mind.
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