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Oddly, I think it could be Powell. It would be a move to unite the party, set up a credible successor, and keep the former general in-line, so to speak. McCain is probably more plausible though.

it can't be Powell. If Cheney tried to name a pro choice Vice President, much of the Republican base would have risen in anger.
 

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it can't be Powell. If Cheney tried to name a pro choice Vice President, much of the Republican base would have risen in anger.

Considering Cheney, despite being a loyal GOP member, was personally supportive of Same Sex Marriage issues, having a pro choice Vice President would probably get attention, but not be a crippling factor.

That and I don't see Powell being interested in running in 2008. That combined with his pro choice stance and Cheney's personal stance on Gay Marriage, I could see some Democrats being supportive of him, at least where social issues are concerned.

In a perverse sort of way, that's about the closest you might see to putting a pair of Libertarians in charge.
 
In a perverse sort of way, that's about the closest you might see to putting a pair of Libertarians in charge.

Libertarianism doesn't just mean freedom to make money and have sex. Cheney and Powell would expand and entrench the security state just as Bush did, and could not be considered libertarians.
 
Considering Cheney, despite being a loyal GOP member, was personally supportive of Same Sex Marriage issues, having a pro choice Vice President would probably get attention, but not be a crippling factor.

That and I don't see Powell being interested in running in 2008. That combined with his pro choice stance and Cheney's personal stance on Gay Marriage, I could see some Democrats being supportive of him, at least where social issues are concerned.

In a perverse sort of way, that's about the closest you might see to putting a pair of Libertarians in charge.
Cheney only became pro-gay-marriage after his term as Vice-President ended, when he was no longer in office and was no longer accountable to voters -- before that he never made a statement one way or the other. He did quietly oppose anti-gay measures, but that's because it affects him personally (i.e. his daughter Mary) rather than out of any libertarian ideology. Frankly, it's laughable to call someone as authoritarian as Cheney a libertarian.

The way I see it, he'd try to spend the entirety of his Presidency never once coming close to the issue of gay rights.
 
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