June 26, 2007 (LPAC)-- The story of Cheney's latest snub to the Constitution is news across the country today. Comments referencing ideas such as the "fourth branch" or a "Cheney branch" of government are common, with the most consistent theme being "power grab." The only newspaper found defending him, was his own, hometown Casper Star Tribune. A sample of some of the more interesting comments:
- William E. Jackson Jr., a man whose government service dates from the Kennedy era, raises the question of impeachment, writing in the Huffington Post: "The subversion of the Republic continues, before our very eyes. What is the House Judiciary Committee under Chairman Conyers prepared to do about it?! These are very grave matters. It does not take much imagination to draw up articles of impeachment against the vice president of the United States. And let political considerations of timing [the Dems argument against impeachment-- ed] be damned!"
- MSNBC is running the entire WaPo series, as is the Houston Chronicle.
- Reuters and NBC News had virtually identical insight:
"Vice President Dick Cheney was back this week in a place he intensely dislikes: the spotlight." Reuters coverage specifically refers to the WaPo series, with extensive description and quotes.
- ABC News "examined the stunning extent of Vice President Dick Cheney's grab for power over the last six years in a sometimes sardonic yet serious segment on Good Morning America Tuesday morning."
- Ana Marie Cox, the Washington editor of Time.com.- "Perhaps next he will say he is not subject to the laws of gravity either. He will just float away to some undisclosed location," quoted in a YahooNews story.
- Craig Crawford's Trail Mix in CQ Politics - "Before Cheney writes his own Constitution for future holders of the office, Congress might want to step in and at least try to settle whether or not the vice president works for anybody at all."
- Casper [Wyoming] Star Tribune has a long article, that must have been weeks in the planning, the gist of which is to prove that, "Cheney is not, by nearly every inside account, the shadow president of popular lore."
