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...matter how sharp their answers or how earnestly they stared into the candidate's eyes, the other hopefuls didn't have what Dick Cheney had: a spot in George W. Bush's comfort zone. To be sure, Bush wanted a running mate who was ready to be President. But just as important was a partner who would be loyal--someone, as Bush said more than once, "who likes...
...trusting relationship with Bush senior that gave him entree into W.'s close orbit in the first place. Even Danforth, no bosom pal of the son's, owed his close consideration in part to the recommendation of the father, who nearly chose the Missouri Senator as his running mate in 1988. And in the end, the father is wrapped up in the message sent by the Cheney selection. When Bush aides talk about Cheney as "a leadership pick" and as someone who represents the "integrity" and "civility" of a pre-Clinton-Gore era in Washington, they are using code meant...
...crash--not because of its tragic depth but because it had stolen his media-driven spotlight. Although news leaks and leads had been circulating since the Saturday beforehand, that Tuesday was also the day that Bush formally announced former Secretary of Defense Richard B. Cheney as his Republican running mate. Brian Williams, the anchor for MSNBC's coverage of the Concorde crash, practically apologized to Bush when the network returned to their coverage of the crash rather than air the remainder of Bush's formal announcement...
...beautifully seared scallops enveloped in a light, tomato-infused sauce, a delicate, almost-too-lovely-to-eat salad accented by white anchovies, an olive and tomato compote, and escargots oozing with butter. The second course was a triumph: lightly sauteed soft-shell crabs and an arctic char my table-mate dubbed "a sort of impetuous little salmon" (a comment that makes abolutely no sense, but he'd had a couple of glasses of very good Merlot at that point...
...Republicans prepared a boisterous welcome for Bush on Wednesday, they heard emotional tributes to his father and other former Republican presidents and patriotic pledges that national security and American idealism will be enhanced by the election of Bush and his running mate, former defense secretary Richard B. Cheney. Delegates who had spent a sweltering summer day dodging more aggressive demonstrators on their way to parties throughout the city flocked gratefully to the chilly First Union Center for a second evening of music and oratory...