Well, one things for sure.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

Palin's no Cheney. If--God forbid--a miracle occurs and McCain is somehow elected president, I doubt he's going to be taking orders from her. Not a good or a bad thing, but certainly a different situation.

However, if the old man expires before 2012, I think we'll have our most inept president since....well....2000.

[C_U_L8R]

1. They don't want a Cheney, they want a puppet

IF they win (a big if but within the realm of possibility), nothing will change
at the Office of the Vice President except the nameplate on the door.
The same old neocon stooges will still be pulling the strings, telling McCain
what to do and running black ops out the back door.
And Palin? What about her? She's a nobody.

[ingac70]

2. his dementia will worsen,

and he'll be a puppet like Reagan.

Palin is Dan Quayle with breasts. If McCain ends up dying in office, she'll be a puppet just like Dubya, and some evil neo-con freak will be placed in the VP spot.

[AlinPA]

3. Karl Rove controls everything. They all take orders from him.

[baldguy]

4. Bingo

The people the GOP puts up for high office are just puppets.