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Liz Cheney: Future Member of Congress?

John Johnson — Sat, 05 May 2012 09:59:12 CDT

Liz Cheney has become such a regular on the Wyoming political circuit this year that Politico can't help but speculate whether she'll follow in dad's footsteps and run for office in her former home state. Everything seems to add up: Cheney is currently a resident of Virginia, but she and...

Karl Rove: I Didn't Want Dick Cheney

Kevin Spak — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:46:05 CDT

From now until August, pundits will be speculating about Mitt Romney's VP choice, and poring over the political benefits of each candidate. Karl Rove thinks Romney should ignore all of that and choose, as George W. Bush did, the "best partner in the White House and a person the country...

Can a New Heart Give You a New Personality?

Kate Schwartz — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:27:39 CDT

Dick Cheney officially has a new heart, and the jokes are rolling in (most recently, compliments of Jon Stewart ). No big surprise that many of them are of the "maybe he'll wake up a Democrat" ilk. Which leads Slate to ponder: "Could a heart transplant actually lead to a...

Was Dick Cheney Too Old for a Heart Transplant?

Matt Cantor — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 06:30:07 CDT

Heart transplant recipients of Dick Cheney's age—that would be 71—"don't generally do so well" after the surgery, a leading cardiologist tells USA Today —but the former VP is by no means the oldest patient to undergo the procedure, experts say. In this case, health trumps age: A younger...

Dick Cheney Has Heart Transplant

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:57:46 CDT

Dick Cheney had a heart transplant today and is recovering at a Virginia hospital, his office said. An aide to Cheney disclosed that the 71-year-old, who has had a long history of cardiovascular trouble, had been waiting for a transplant for more than 20 months. Cheney was recovering at the...

Cheney Axes Canada Trip Because It's Too Dangerous

Kate Schwartz — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:44:39 CDT

Today's "we swear we're not the Onion " story: Dick Cheney has canceled a planned appearance in Toronto ... because he fears it could be too dangerous a trip to take. "He felt that in Canada the risk of violent protest was simply too high," explained the head of the promotions company...

Cheney Helps Pro-Gay Lobby in Maryland

Neal Colgrass — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:48:29 CST

Dick Cheney, pro-gay lobbyist? Turns out he did help support Maryland's gay marriage bill and may have influenced its passage in the state's House of Delegates yesterday, the Huffington Post reports via the Baltimore Sun . Republican Del. Wade Kach, who was expected to vote no, changed his mind after high-profile...

Condi: We Feared We Were Poisoned

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 02:00:00 CDT

Condoleezza Rice recounted the day that she, President Bush, and Dick Cheney believed they had been exposed to a lethal toxin by terrorists. Cheney suddenly appeared on a secure video conference screen just weeks after 9/11 while Rice and Bush were traveling in China for the APEC summit. He warned...

Condi Rice Strikes Back in New Memoir

Neal Colgrass — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:35:28 CDT

It's time for Dick Cheney to take a little return fire from Condi Rice. Less than 2 months after his memoir described her as turning tearful during a political discussion , Condoleezza Rice has written her own book, No Higher Honor , which comes out next month, the New York Times reports....