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Tyrone Slothrop
Why on Earth would Cheney want to step down. He's practically running the country. (By which I don't mean to suggest that he tells Bush what to do, but by all accounts he is absolutely essential in deciding what the President gets to hear, which is almost as good.)
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Because (1) contrary to lefty diatribes, Cheney is neither power-hungry nor is he a bad guy, (2) for health and family reasons, it has been bandied about that he wanted to go, and (3) he couldn't leave before the election because he does significantly motivate the base (and I really don't know why).
