Convention not on VP's schedule, yet Will he or won't he? Vice President Dick Cheney is one of the nation's most prominent Republicans, but there are doubts about whether he will attend the GOP convention. Cheney press secretary Megan Mitchell left the question open on Tuesday, saying Cheney's schedule has not been set for September. Delegates are scheduled to meet in St. Paul, Minn., on Sept. 1-4., to nominate Arizona Sen. John McCain for president. It would be unusual for a sitting vice president to skip his party's nominating convention. For the past 32 years the vice president has been either renominated for that job or nominated for president. Cheney has low approval ratings and is widely regarded as a secretive, behind-the-scenes power broker. But his approach plays well to conservatives. The White House has to...
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