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BUSH, CHENEY WEIGH IN
Praise for Palin
President Bush and Vice President Cheney praised Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in separate interviews, calling the Republican vice presidential nominee "an inspired pick" and a "good candidate."
"I find her to be a very dynamic, capable, smart woman who, you know, it really says that John McCain made an inspired pick, to me," Bush said in an interview to be aired Tuesday morning on "Fox & Friends."
"She's had executive experience, and that's what it takes to be a capable person here in Washington, D.C., in the executive branch," Bush said in excerpts released by Fox.
Cheney, commenting for the first time on his potential successor, dismissed suggestions that she may not be up for the job.
"We've had all kinds of vice presidents over the years. Everybody brings a different set of experiences to the office and also a different kind of understanding with whoever the president is," Cheney told the group of reporters traveling with him in Rome.
"Each administration is different," added Cheney, whose long experience in Washington before becoming Bush's running mate laid the groundwork for his role as one of the most powerful vice presidents in history.
"And there's no reason why Sarah Palin can't be a successful vice president in a McCain administration. It won't look exactly like the Bush administration or the first Bush administration, the Ford administration. It'll be relatively unique to this president and this time that they're in office."
Palin's speech at the Republican National Convention last week "was superb," Cheney said. "Watched that with great interest. I loved some of her lines."
"What was the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? 'It's lipstick,' " he paraphrased, laughing. "I think she's a good candidate, and I don't see any reason why she can't be an effective vice president."
-- Michael Abramowitz
