“The only value of power is the effect, the efficacy of its use,” Mr. Biden said. “And all the power Cheney had did not result in effective outcomes.”
What gets lost sometimes in all the joy one feels knowing W will soon be referred to as former President Bush, is that far more importantly, Dick Cheney will no longer have any influence on the policies of the government of the United States. In so many ways that is a much more significant change in the political landscape.
