I've been predicting this for a while now.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/25/AR2007062501038.html

If you don't want to log in to WAPO basically it's saying that some are predicting Cheney getting replaced (medical reasons, natch) by what would become the Republican nominee for '08, in this case Fred Thompson.

This would allow the Dark Lord to exit stage left completely unaccountable and allow them to possibly disinfect the rest of the Bush tenure enough to steal another election.