Word: mate
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...quiet, smart guy to Bush's grinning front man. The former chief of staff, congressman, defense secretary and oilman didn't thrill folks with his speech, keeping it short and slightly aw-shucks, but showed no fear whatsoever. He did look a generation older than his running mate - the classic middle-aged white guy with a paunch - and no one mentioned Cheney's faulty ticker. For Bush, he's a throwback to another Washington, when men were tight-lipped and professional about things, when folks argued less and got more things done, when Republicans didn't use hair-dryers...
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...
...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...
Unlike his presumptive running mate, Cheney's not short on political mileage. He's been in D.C. since 1969, serving in the Nixon and Ford administrations, eventually as Ford's de facto chief of staff. In 1978, he was elected a U.S. representative from Wyoming, and served for 10 years before becoming minority whip. Cheney is reportedly especially good at keeping feathers around him unruffled; among his political gifts was the ability to broker peace among congressional Democrats and Republicans...
Until his name began circulating as George W. Bush's likely choice for vice president, Cheney was working the other side of the fence, leading the younger Bush's search for the ideal running mate...