AHC: Cheney Presidency 2007 - 2008

Hmm...I could make a horrible joke that we are all going to be involved in a horrible hunting accident but I will refrain from doing so but I dont think it would have affected much about the republicans, especially in the election of 2008 because I doubt Chenney would have had the popular vote against Obama
 
Hmm...I could make a horrible joke that we are all going to be involved in a horrible hunting accident but I will refrain from doing so but I dont think it would have affected much about the republicans, especially in the election of 2008 because I doubt Cheney would have had the popular vote against Obama

I doubt Cheney would have won the election against Hillary. Or Kucinich.:p
 
I doubt Cheney would have won the election against Hillary. Or Kucinich.:p

Agres....in fact I doubt that Cheney would even wanted to run, given his health and extreme unpopularity.....the man is no fool and would not enter a lost battle since the beggining
 
Agres....in fact I doubt that Cheney would even wanted to run, given his health and extreme unpopularity.....the man is no fool and would not enter a lost battle since the beggining

I never understood why a politician like Cheney would hold the subject of his own personal popularity in such utter and complete contempt. He acted more like a Chief-of-Staff than a VP.:mad: Which ironically made sense since Bush's actual C-o-S Karl Rove was not doing his job, but rather the job of a political advisor in constant re-election mode.
 
I never understood why a politician like Cheney would hold the subject of his own personal popularity in such utter and complete contempt. He acted more like a Chief-of-Staff than a VP.:mad: Which ironically made sense since Bush's actual C-o-S Karl Rove was not doing his job, but rather the job of a political advisor in constant re-election mode.

As a VP without intention to run there is no need to care about you popularity, but as President, even a caretaker, you can't pretend to govern with 90% of disapproval.
 
As a VP without intention to run there is no need to care about your popularity, but as President, even a caretaker, you can't pretend to govern with a 90% disapproval rating.

Doesn't your unpopularity as VP hurt your boss' approval rating? That appeared to be the case with Bush I (Quayle) and Nixon (Agnew).

Not to mention losing candidates and their running mates (McCain/Palin, McGovern/Eagleton).

Actually, I'm sure Cheney is MORE than arrogant enough to PRETEND to govern under these circumstances, all the while blaming everything on "Democratic Obstructionism".
 
As a VP without intention to run there is no need to care about you popularity, but as President, even a caretaker, you can't pretend to govern with 90% of disapproval.

HIs approval rating would get a bounce from sympathy. And from him getting a chance, as President to talk more directly to the public, ie not being perceived primarily though media soundbites.
 
HIs approval rating would get a bounce from sympathy. And from him getting a chance, as President to talk more directly to the public, ie not being perceived primarily though media soundbites.

True, but IMHO Cheney's popularity hardly would climb above 30% rate and would start dropping very fast after August 2007...
 
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