editor of the NY Sun thinks so, or hopes so! excerpt below:
By IRA STOLL
July 24, 2007
Of all the editorials The New York Sun has run, the one that attracted the most response was the one under the headline "Cheney's Chance." The editorial, suggesting that Vice President Cheney would be an attractive presidential candidate who would bring a lot to the race, caused a furor in the blogosphere and led to the production of an entire segment on CNN.
Well, finally there is a response to those who suggest that affection for Mr. Cheney is a sign of clinical insanity, or, at least, a response more printable than the one Mr. Cheney himself gave to Senator Leahy. It comes courtesy of Stephen Hayes, a senior writer at the Weekly Standard, who has authored the new book " Cheney: The Untold Story of America's Most Powerful and Controversial Vice President" (Harper-Collins, 578 pages, $27.95)....
....The book quotes Senator McCain as saying, ?Dick doesn?t like campaigning.? Nothing in the Hayes book suggests that Mr. Cheney is about to do it ? except for that the vice president spent nearly 30 hours cooperating with the author and apparently gave the okay for many of his friends and colleagues to grant similar access. The Richard Cheney described in this book isn?t vain enough to do that simply for his reputation in history. My own guess ? okay, hope ? is that Mr. Cheney has taken a look at the Republican presidential field and sees an opening. If Iowa and New Hampshire Republicans start receiving copies of ?Cheney? in their mailboxes, Mr. Cheney?s popularity may yet begin to climb.
By IRA STOLL
July 24, 2007
Of all the editorials The New York Sun has run, the one that attracted the most response was the one under the headline "Cheney's Chance." The editorial, suggesting that Vice President Cheney would be an attractive presidential candidate who would bring a lot to the race, caused a furor in the blogosphere and led to the production of an entire segment on CNN.
Well, finally there is a response to those who suggest that affection for Mr. Cheney is a sign of clinical insanity, or, at least, a response more printable than the one Mr. Cheney himself gave to Senator Leahy. It comes courtesy of Stephen Hayes, a senior writer at the Weekly Standard, who has authored the new book " Cheney: The Untold Story of America's Most Powerful and Controversial Vice President" (Harper-Collins, 578 pages, $27.95)....
....The book quotes Senator McCain as saying, ?Dick doesn?t like campaigning.? Nothing in the Hayes book suggests that Mr. Cheney is about to do it ? except for that the vice president spent nearly 30 hours cooperating with the author and apparently gave the okay for many of his friends and colleagues to grant similar access. The Richard Cheney described in this book isn?t vain enough to do that simply for his reputation in history. My own guess ? okay, hope ? is that Mr. Cheney has taken a look at the Republican presidential field and sees an opening. If Iowa and New Hampshire Republicans start receiving copies of ?Cheney? in their mailboxes, Mr. Cheney?s popularity may yet begin to climb.
