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Jan 13 2009 9:06am EDT

Memewatch: Obama, Future Cheney Acolyte?

"With just one week before Barack Obama moves into the Oval Office, he probably isn't thinking 'Dick Cheney' when it comes to advice. That may be a missed opportunity. Because in some interesting ways, the outgoing vice president could prove to be the best friend the incoming president has."

-William McGurn, The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 12, 2009

"[Obama]'ll end up where Bush is -- with the choice of using force or acquiescing to the idea of a nuclear Iran. And he'll probably be calling Dick Cheney for advice."

-William Kristol, The New York Times, Jan. 11, 2009

"[T]he urgent question now is whether President Obama...confronted with the realities of office...will begin to see virtue in the antiterror apparatus Cheney helped Bush create."

-Newsweek editor Jon Meacham, from the current issue. Cover story: "What Would Dick Do? Why Obama May Soon Find Virtue in Cheney's Vision of Power.. □

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