Holy Way To Keep The Story Alive, Batman

The headline of Peggy Noonan's latest column: "Hit Refresh?: Why Bush may be thinking about replacing Cheney."

We remind: Noonan wrote speeches for Bush during the campaign. Is close to many in the Bush White House. Is particularly close to the orbit of Bush '41 and that covey of ex-Reagan aides who advise Karl.

Noonan:

"The Dick Cheney shooting incident will, in a way, go away. And, in a way, not--ever. Some things stick. ... Can media bias be detected in the endless coverage? Sure, always. But it's also a great story. ... Right now in the White House they're discussing how to help the vice president get through his problem. ... But what are they thinking that they're not saying? Here's a hunch, based not on any inside knowledge but only on what I know of people who practice politics, and those who practice it within the Bush White House.
I suspect what they're thinking and not saying is, If Dick Cheney weren't vice president, who'd be a good vice president? They're thinking, At some time down the road we may wind up thinking about a new plan. ... Why would they be thinking about this? It's not the shooting incident itself, it's that Dick Cheney has been the administration's hate magnet for five years now."