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Compared with that, last Thursday was a walk in the park--literally. Baker went duck hunting at his wife's family's ranch in Danbury, Texas. For the first time in 16 days, Baker did not telephone Governor Bush. Nor did he hear from his old friend former President Bush, who has been calling in daily for updates. Baker just wanted to get away from The Mess, and felt confident enough that he could take the day off. And so, with his son John, he went out and bagged five ducks...
...would like to serve as Vice President. If the younger Bush eventually enters the White House, Cheney promises to be an even more influential Vice President than, well, Al Gore. As head of the informal transition team, Cheney has been making regular trips to Bush's ranch outside Austin, Texas, to start shaping a potential Cabinet. In the excitement about the vote in Florida, he and James Baker are George W.'s chief strategists. It was Cheney who brought in Baker in the first place, and the two men hold a daily conference call with Bush that is George...
...pool camera. Bush's photo-op on the ranch Saturday was of a Republican ruling council, looking and sounding sincere but still very capable of scaring the other half of the country to death. Bush and Cheney pulled up tastefully patterned armchairs for House Speaker Denny Hastert, with a wrestling-coach glisten on his face, and Senate boss Trent Lott, looking odd in denim. (Tom DeLay had to wait in the shed until the TV crew left.) Bush was an affable host, sharing the soundbites near-equally, and when it was his turn, he talked at some length about legislation...
...Home on the Ranch...
...Bush isn't wavering from his version of passive resistance, intent on present his jelling administration as far preferable to a perfectly elected one, and without all the moaning. Trial? What trial? There is still no cable TV on Bush's ranch. There were on Saturday, however, lots of politicians in barn jackets...