CHENEY RIDES AGAIN - AT 7:26 A.M. ET:  Dick Cheney is riding high.  Rising in the polls, his national-security arguments resonating with the American people, he has given the GOP just the kick it needs to move forward and challenge administration policies.

But look for a press backlash.  To watch the panic at CNN last night was to achieve a level of satisfaction I've rarely felt.  Liz Cheney, who's also emerged as a leading spokesperson for her father's cause, was interviewed by Anderson Cooper, and Liz Cheney is very smart and articulate.  But after Cooper's interview with her, CNN brought on the usual suspects, including a New York leftist journalist named Mark Danner.  It was obvious that Danner and others felt it was unfair, not very sporting, that this former vice president had the nerve to come out of retirement and actually join the debate.  Who does he think he is, an American citizen or somethin'?

I hope Cheney continues.  But, if he does, it will get vicious for him in the weeks ahead.  He went after The New York Times yesterday.  The Times does not forget.

May 22, 2009