I’ve been for this idea since before 9/11. It’s not that I don’t like Cheney or think that he is essential to the operation of this administration. Rather, it’s that he could function in a role other than vice president and still be influential. This would seem especially true after the 2004 election. If Bush really wants to run with Cheney in 2004, which he seems intent on doing, then I think at some point in the next term, perhaps just before or after the mid-term elections depending on how the Senate shakes out, Cheney should step down “due to health reasons” and let Condi step up. She’d make an excellent candidate in 2008.