Reply #5: He's not going to dump Cheney for a progressive... [View All]

[carpetbagger]

...and the only reason he would dump Cheney would be to appeal to voters. I can't possibly see how dumping Cheney for Rice, Frist, or anyone from his wing of the party would help him. So if it wouldn't help him a lot, it would undermine his "don't change horses in midstream" campaign.

McKinley's VP died, so he had to pick a new one, and so the comparison isn't direct.

As to them stopping at nothing to stay in power, I think Bush would count on winning debates rather than swapping VP's after the convention, and he won't start to really panic until late September. As to the others, Cheney can't replace Cheney and stay in power, and I think Rove will really stay up at night thinking about this legacy thing.

That's my hunch. Thanks for yours.