A GOP Plan To Oust Cheney?

Today's Washington Post has a story by Sally Quinn that conjectures about ( See: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/25/AR2007062501038.html?nav%3Dhcmodule&sub=AR) about a possible GOP to oust Vice President Dick "Darth Vader" Cheney. I certainly believe Cheney is a menace to the country - and seriously unbalanced - and I look forward to him being out of office. Here's a summary of some points from the Post's story:

The big question right now among Republicans is how to remove Vice President Cheney from office. Even before this week's blockbuster series in The Post, discontent in Republican ranks was rising.

As the reputed architect of the war in Iraq, Cheney is viewed as toxic, and as the administration's leading proponent of an attack on Iran, he is seen as dangerous. As long as he remains vice president, according to this thinking, he has the potential to drag down every member of the party -- including the presidential nominee -- in next year's elections.

Today, another group of party elders, led by Sen. John Warner of Virginia, could well do the same. They could act out of concern for our country's plummeting reputation throughout the world, particularly in the Middle East.

For such a plan to work, however, they would need a ready replacement. Until recently, there hasn't been an acceptable alternative to Cheney -- nor has there been a persuasive argument to convince President Bush to make a change. Now there is. . . . . Fred Thompson.

Unfortunately, in my view, there is a great deal more toxic within the GOP currently than just Cheney and Bush. Therefore, I believe that nothing short of a disastrous defeat at the polls in 2008 will be enough to force the Christianist element now controlling the GOP to be driven back into the political wilderness. Unless and until that dangerous element of the GOP is driven from power, I candidly see little hope for the GOP becoming a party I and many other moderates would want to support, much less see in control of the White House and/or Congress. Thus, if Cheney can be reined in and not start a war with Iran, I would rather see his toxicity drag down every GOP candidate in 2008.