i don't think it matters thatch anymore. >> cheney, was that a smart thing for him to say on. >> here is what i think about that. i think cheney in the sense he is right but i think what happened is that sarah palin actually helped mccain a lot as was suggested in the previous panel. she gave him a terrifically she helped mccain give him a great convention. huge hit at the convention. her speech was a big hit. she did well in the debate against biden. she kind of held her own. now later in the campaign the press got on her. she got character assassin natalled and people ended up at the end of the campaign not thinking very well of her. there is no chance in my opinion after september 15th when the market melted down that mccain was going to win the election and blaming any of it on sarah palin i think is faulty. >> i kind of agree with that but i don't think that sarah palin at that point in her career as cheney pointed out was ready to run the country. let's be honest about it. >> i don't think the president runs the country, but the