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When Dick Cheney arrives in your state, he comes with instructions. Don't send him to a rally--he doesn't like crowds. Don't send him to a county fair--he doesn't like shaking hands. And no one wants a repeat of the "polka incident," when a woman at a Polish festival grabbed a grimacing Cheney for a dance. He'll go to fund raisers, but don't expect any schmoozing. Last Wednesday night at the Senate's annual dinner for major donors, he sat with lobbyists at a table guarded by the Secret Service and then slipped...
...more likely to catch Dick Cheney on the campaign trail if you're a seven-year-old. The man likes a school and listening to his wife Lynne read The Very Hungry Caterpillar--a captive audience under adult supervision, and no rope line. Cheney's staff quickly penciled in a school last week when they realized they would be in Pennsylvania for two days doing nothing but fund raisers. They cobbled together an event at Academy Park High School in Sharon Hill, Pa., which the principal didn't learn about until 3 p.m. the day before. The gym was only...
...Where, in all this singularly unsettling moderation, was the old Dick Cheney...
...Unfortunately for his dyed-in-the-wool conservative fans, that Dick Cheney has gone underground. And he?s unlikely to resurface anytime soon. In his place, a new candidate has emerged: This guy walks the middle ground, woos independents, and steers clear of explosive issues. It turns out you can teach old dogs new tricks: Just as Lieberman tailored his public pronoucements to suit his party?s fundraising agenda, Cheney pried himself away from long-held positions to help George W. Bush attract the critical swing votes - the majority of which must be lured from the middle ground sandwiched between...
...tough lesson, but Cheney and Lieberman have both learned it well: To win an election, you?ve got to abandon your more out-there leanings - even if that means losing a bit of yourself in the process...