Keith Olbermann Mouths Off On National TV!

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

No - it would be set up to have Cheney resign, Bush appoint a new VP - like Fred Thompson - then resign, making Thompson President and running from the stand point of an incumbant.

While I haven't seen any ratings in a while, doesn't he typically have less than 500K viewers on a nightly basis? Certainly more than Ventura or Keyes, but nothing to brag about.

Originally Posted by JWBear

But the Senate would have to confirm the appointment. In the current political climate, that would be - to put it bluntly - a mess.

Not if Bush resigned first.....The Senate would confirm just about any one in short order if Cheney was President and said he would not resign until a VP was confirmed