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23% Dub Cheney 'Worst VP Ever'

But Cheney still has support in GOP

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 23, 2008 2:31 AM CST

(Newser) – Dick Cheney is arguably the most powerful vice president in history, but one American in four say he's also the worst in history, according to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp survey. Of those polled, 23% rate Cheney's job performance as the worst ever, with another 41% rating him poor. That still leaves 34% of voters pleased with the VP.

Cheney has boasted he's impervious to polls. "I'm very comfortable with where we are and what we achieved substantively," Cheney said. "And frankly, I would not want to be one of those guys who spends all his time reading the polls. I think people like that shouldn't serve in these jobs."

A quarter of Americans believe Dick Cheney is the worst VP in history.
A quarter of Americans believe Dick Cheney is the worst VP in history.   (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
A quarter of Americans believe Dick Cheney is the worst VP in history.
A quarter of Americans believe Dick Cheney is the worst VP in history.   (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Vice President Dick Cheney and Chief Justice John Roberts look on as the portrait of President George W. Bush is unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery on Friday, Dec. 19, 2008.
Vice President Dick Cheney and Chief Justice John Roberts look on as the portrait of President George W. Bush is unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery on Friday, Dec. 19, 2008.   (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Cheney still has a lot of fans in the Republican Party. But six in 10 independents and eight in 10 Democrats gave Cheney a rating of 'poor' or
'worst ever.' " - Keating Holland, CNN polling director.

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Guest
Dec 25, 2008 2:58 AM CST
I read a brilliant book called 'Vice' (can't recall the author's name though) and he's just a megalomaniac with a very, very, very insecure and stubborn approach. The two pages on his wife Lynne Cheney is worth the price of the book, or time to get it from the library. She's one wicked political player - nearly as good as her husband - if she weren't such a coward she's run for office - though just like Cheney's attempts in the 90s for Oval Office the testing and polling came back a negative like his ratings now way less than 40%.
jaguarj
Dec 23, 2008 6:11 AM CST
Most powerful??? He sure got by with alot of crime, if you call that powerful.
Guest
Dec 22, 2008 9:54 PM CST
He is the WORST VP we have ever had. He is a war monger and he doesn't seem to care how many of our boys and girls have died over his and Bush's stupid war.

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