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But if somehow the president considers Cheney gets to be a liability, I think that getting rid of him or encouraging him to step down would cause problems for the Republicans with their base.

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The payoffs are enormous. If you pay a lobbyist a few hundred thousand dollars, or even millions of dollars, it's pocket change compared to what you can make with a casino.

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He has the nimbleness and fancy footwork of a prima ballerina.

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There simply is no party position on Iraq ... It's every man and woman for themselves.

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 Iraq

His legislative achievement, particularly in getting legislation with a distinctively Republican stamp on it, is almost without parallel.

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 Achievement

He's like Yosemite Sam. You can see the steam coming out of his ears.

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My sense would be that they're really saving their ammunition for somebody they think is beyond the pale, and they see a possibility of that happening.

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 Ammunition

New York and New Jersey politicians will continue to beat up on this for a long time. Especially the Democrats, who don't hold many strong cards on national security. This has been like nectar in the desert for them.

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 Democrats

There is an unspoken but enormously wide gap between the views of Democrats in Washington and Democrats in the country on Iraq.

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 Country

The president may have to do with the State of the Union address something that rarely gets done with State of the Union addresses - and that is to be inspirational.

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