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Cheney On The Vice Presidency: Yup! Pretty Much Nailed It!

Former Vice President Dick Cheney

The Atlantic Ideas Forum just hosted a seminar on hard-hitting journalism in which investigative journalist Liz Cheney interviewed her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney. The questions ranged from whether Cheney agrees that the Obama administration has fixed the economy (nope!) to which Secretary of State he most enjoyed serving alongside (Henry Kissinger and James Baker).

Then along came moderator Steve Clemons (formerly of TPM) with a final question: Do you have any regrets about anything you might have done about Vice President?

“I think basically on balance we got it right, under difficult circumstances,” Cheney says.

Cheney on the Vice Presidency: Pretty much nailed it!

Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney, Vice President
Brian Beutler

Brian Beutler is TPM's senior congressional reporter. Since 2009, he's led coverage of health care reform, Wall Street reform, taxes, the GOP budget, the government shutdown fight, and the debt limit fight. He can be reached at brian@talkingpointsmemo.com.

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