"...Judging from this past week’s events, I would have to say the Cheneys have gained some ground..."

Jim Lobe, at LobeLog, here

"....In other words, there appears to be a major battle over Bush’s Middle East “legacy” (apart from Iraq) between Rice, who has hoped to redeem her own “legacy” by concluding some kind of a credible Palestinian-Israeli peace agreement, and the Cheneys, who believe confrontation with Iran is inevitable and, in Liz’s words, “we do not have the luxury of time.”