Sarah Palin gets approving words from President Bush, VP Dick Cheney

The two top members of the outgoing Republican administration have publicly, and not at all surprisingly, joined the Sarah Palin bandwagon.

Dick Cheney -- the polarizing vice president who missed his party's conclave in St. Paul, Minn., last week because he was conveniently out of the country -- still had time to check out Palin's big speech to the gathering and declared it "superb."

Our colleague Johanna Neuman, over at the Countdown to Crawford blog, has more on what Cheney has to say about the woman who hopes to succeed him, including his evaluation that there's "no reason" Palin "can't be a successful vice president."

Meanwhile, President Bush, in an interview to air Tuesday morning on Fox News, praises Palin as "a very dynamic, capable, smart woman." And he gives credit to John McCain for making "an inspired choice" in selecting her as his running mate.

Neuman also has more from Bush's interview.

-- Don Frederick 

Comments

[Michael]

Bush and Cheney approve... great! Now how about giving the American people a chance to make up their minds based on Palin's experience, record, and *positions* on the issues?

When is the McCain campaign going to let Palin do something more than throw jabs and start answering questions from reputable journalists?

Sign the petition to interview Palin now at http://www.interviewsarahpalinnow.com/

[Orn R. Critter]

That'll be a nice millstone around her collar.

[I hate sarah palin]

This woman is a Nazi.