More Rumors About VP Duck! It's Dick! Cheney's Imminent Departure

From The Carpetbagger Report (and like them, I don't think Cheney's going anywhere - I do suspect they have balls enough to try to fly him - and his 18% approval rating - as Prez in 2008):

As part of my ongoing fascination with the oddly anti-Bush articles appearing in Insight magazine, an off-shoot of Sun Myung Moon's far-right Washington Times, the latest issue suggests that we won't have Dick Cheney to kick around much longer.

Senior GOP sources envision the retirement of Mr. Cheney in 2007, months after the congressional elections. The sources said Mr. Cheney would be persuaded to step down as he becomes an increasing political liability to President Bush.

The sources reported a growing rift between the president and vice president as well as their staffs. They cited Mr. Cheney's failure to immediately tell the president of the accidental shooting of the vice president's hunting colleague earlier this month. The White House didn't learn of the incident until 18 hours later. […]

"Nothing will happen until after the congressional elections," a GOP source said. "After that, there will be significant changes in the administration and Cheney will probably be part of that."

The opportunities for baseless speculation abound. Indeed, the article dovetails nicely with the Peggy Noonan-inspired boomlet about Cheney's pending departure from a couple of weeks ago. (For the record, I still don't believe Cheney is going anywhere. Bush is loathe to admit mistakes — and this would be a gigantic admission.)