Word: veep
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...much of Cheney's direct influence on the President as it is of his influence on - his dominance of - the decision-making process. It's about providing the facts and analysis to the decision maker that the decision maker needs. Bush is making the decision, but the Veep is directing the process toward the decision that he thinks is the right one." In other words, Cheney had so rigged the process that important decisions were foregone conclusions, ones that had been reached by the Vice President well in advance...
...again. This removal from people, from politics, from the sensors that make leaders responsive to people, turned into Cheney's Achilles' heel. And it actually deepened when he became Vice President. Bush picked Cheney because Cheney would never run again, but that also meant the newly minted Veep never had to put his ear to the ground...
...father's instincts have never been the son's. Replacing the Veep now would create exactly the unpleasant succession scenario Bush had hoped to avoid when he chose Cheney in the first place. He didn't want someone soaking up all the attention and energy as he headed into his last 18 months in office. It seemed like a good idea at the time...
...Multiple reporters address Gore, whose film, An Inconvenient Truth, has just won Best Documentary Feature, as "Mr. President," but the Veep doesn't take the bait to further politicize the night. "I do not have plans to become a candidate for office again," Gore says. One of the film's producers, Laurie David, wife of comedian Larry David, says she's not entering the Democratic fundraising fray yet. "It's very early in the race," David said. "I'm just gonna hang around and see who else might enter. You never know." Gore declines to give the film as much...
...Just as Gore & Co. are exiting the press room, Melissa Etheridge wins Best Original Song for "I Need to Wake Up" from their film. The Veep hoots, beams and nods while watching Etheridge's speech on the monitors before exiting to make way for Maestro Ennio Morricone and his translator...