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Welcome to the bounce. A TIME/CNN poll taken in the wake of George W. Bush's announcement of Dick Cheney as his presumptive veep has Bush leading Al Gore 52 percent to 36 percent, up from 48-42 in a similar poll taken in mid-June...
...that these polls matter much. Dukakis and Bush Sr. both had bigger summer leads than this melt away in the falls of 1988 and 1992, respectively. In 1988, the thrill of the Massachusetts governor - and the pall on the veep - both wore off when folks started reading up and decided that more of the same was OK by them. In 1992, they wanted something different...
Dick Cheney, George W. Bush's running mate, has survived three (mild) heart attacks and one coronary bypass surgery. And while the appointment of the older and more experienced Cheney is being touted as adding "gravitas" to Bush's campaign, the presumptive veep candidate's health history adds a different note of seriousness that the Republican ticket may find difficult to dismiss...
...medical information into account, they must have concluded (incorrectly or not) that Cheney's past heart problems will not be an issue in this election. And they may well be right: It remains unclear whether the Gore ticket will launch an attack on Cheney's physical qualifications for the veep slot (a route that might be considered too tasteless even for American politics...
...Rubin might like the profile a little, but he wouldn't have much tinkering to do as veep. He'd be miserable sitting on his hands. Evan Bayh would be thrilled, and Bob Graham would be pleased as punch - how much do senators really do anyway? Either gives Gore a shot at a state he'd love to steal, and he could be offering voters the future, not the past. It would be a Gore-owned ticket, a sign he is the top man now, and then Gore could at least know what America really thought...