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huffingtonpost.com - 12/17/2008
Cheney: Obama Will "Appreciate" Our Expansion Of Power
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In an interview with Rush Limbaugh (via Politico ), Vice President Dick Cheney predicted that the next president will appreciate the way he and George Bush expanded executive power. "Once they get here and they're faced with the same problems we deal with every day, then they will appreciate ...

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Transcript: Cheney Defends Hard Line Tactics
abcnews.go.com - 12/16/2008
Transcript: Cheney Defends Hard Line Tactics
— abcnews.go.com — The following is a transcript from ABC News' Jonathan Karl's exclusive interview with Vice President Dick Cheney on Dec. 15, 2008 in the Executive Office Building. JONATHAN KARL: Mr. Vice President, there has not been a terrorist attack in the United ... (more) Transcript: Cheney Defends Hard Line Tactics

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politico.com - 12/15/2008
Cheney: Obama 'not likely to cede authority'
— politico.com — Cheney said Obama will “appreciate” the expansions of executive power achieved during the Bush administration. (more) Cheney: Obama 'not likely to cede authority'

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Exclusive: Cheney Says He's Changed
abcnews.go.com - 12/16/2008
Exclusive: Cheney Says He's Changed
— abcnews.go.com — In an exclusive interview with ABC News, a reflective Vice President Dick Cheney praised President-elect Barack Obama's national security team and admitted he's changed during his time in office. In his first exit interview and first television ... (more) Exclusive: Cheney Says He's Changed

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Stubborn Facts — Cheney thinks that Obama will appreciate the instauration of executive power by the Bush administration. Jack Balkin and Eric Posner speculated last month that the new administration isn't going to be very skeptical of executive power (what incoming administration in its right mind would be?), and that's appropriate. It would be healthy for Obama to dial back executive power one or two notches, as Balkin put it - but only one or two. The Bush administration has greatly strengthened the unitary executive, properly understood - i.e. the intrabranch power of ...

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