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# Bill Bauer My Write Leave Dick alone
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/bill-bauer-send-comments-to-editor-smdp-com-my-write-leave-dick-alone-editor/
- Published: 2007-07-16T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-25T00:22:07.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Mike Kirwan Venice*

Some have called for Vice President Dick Cheney to resign. Bad move. Cheney is not running for President. Health issues prevent this, it also gives him a way to resign yet still save face. A new Vice President would be appointed, assuming Congress went along. That person would no doubt run for President, having the front-runner status in his party that none of the Democrats do. A front-runner could conserve resources for the general election, not battle it out in primaries.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 16, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/071607.pdf?ref=smdp.com)