What If: Vice-President Cheney runs in 2008?

Despite having disavowed any interest in running for President throughout most of the Bush years, Vice-President Cheney reconsiders that decision and enters the presidential race in the early summer of 2007. Does Cheney win the the Republican nomination against a crowded 2008 field of candidates that includes McCain, Giuliani, Romney, Huckabee, etc? Does Cheney win the presidency in November 2008?
 
Assuming his health holds up, he would have difficulty in winning the GOP
nomination but in any event, there is no way he would beat either Obama
or Clinton.
 
He'll win. McCain will fall in line and become Vice President. The Obama campaign will implode suddenly. There will be an astonishing last minute swing, and Cheney will come out on top in numerous jurisdictions where the exit polls appear to show a different result.
 
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