"Hell No!"

Cheney, on Fox News Sunday yesterday, emphatically said five separate times that he will not run for President in 2008 ... something we all already knew.

"If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve ... Or not only no, but hell no," Cheney said.

But Cheney also added that he will serve the President for four years and then he's done, ending speculation that Cheney might step down in two years or so and make way for a younger Veep ... in essence allowing Bush to "anoint" the Republican nominee (something debate08 believes he's already done with Rice's ascension to Sec. of State).

Cheney is too important to the Bush Administration to step down. Bush's reliance on Cheney has been the source of easy jokes for the past four years - apparently some would feel better if went back to the "Days of Gore" and the V.P. did little but practice his Nomination speech.

So, much to the angst of many on The Left, it's Bush/Cheney for four more years ... just like the 60+ million Americans who voted for the team would want.