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Richard Bruce Cheney, born 59 years ago in Lincoln, Neb., is the consummate conservative. And that applies to everything: his lifestyle, his political views and his ties...
...curious charms of Cheney is that he is not, as vice presidential choices sometimes are, a question mark. George W.'s father in 1988 gambled on what he hoped would be an attractive unknown, Dan Quayle...
...dull? A virtue, I'd say. See maturity, above. Cheney does have the disadvantage of not being John McCain. On the other hand, he has the virtue of not being John McCain...
...Cheney carries no cumbersome baggage. He does not distract attention from the top of the ticket but rather augments it solidly. He keeps the Republican conservatives happy without offending the moderates. He does raise the question of whether a man a heartbeat away from the presidency should be expected to have an entirely reliable heart. Cheney has had three infarctions. But they were a long time...
...little too much is made of running mate choices anyway. The best thing about Dick Cheney is that he puts the vice presidency into perspective by being neither intriguing nor upsetting. You don't want your spare tire to be too fascinating. And you don't want him to be in business for himself...