Chris,

>With the recent Supreme Court ruling all but declaring the election over, I wanted to step away from the partisan bickering and throw my complete support behing President Cheney. Does anyone know if George W. will have a place in the new administration? < g >

I agree that Cheney is a great asset to the new administration. Conventional wisdom says that he will have his hands full breaking ties in the Senate, but I expect that he'll spend lots more of his time building consensus behind the scenes, and giving valuable input in top-level Cabinet and strategy meetings in the White House.

I believe George W.'s management style will result in some very capable people being brought on board. He'll set agendas and turn people loose to accomplish them without so much micro-management. I think he'll spend lots of time talking one-on-one with members of Congress and other important national leaders (private sector included) and gradually build a coalition based on humility and bipartisan respect.

Whether the other side will join in that effort remains to be seen.