would cheney have won the gop nomination?

[DownWithTheLeft]

Cheney would have been the Giuliani of the race.

He would have ignored 49 states and then wondered why he didn't win the nomination?

[7,052,770]

I think he would've won it, since any legit primary challenger wouldn't've run against him.  Had he faced an even moderately tough primary, he would not have won it.

[GPORTER]

yes. the republican party is not about to turn away an incumbent president or vice president from the nomination, that is just the way that we are. Look at Ford in 1976 or Bush in 1992.

[YRABNNRM]

yes. the republican party is not about to turn away an incumbent president or vice president from the nomination, that is just the way that we are. Look at Ford in 1976 or Bush in 1992.

Yes but has any Vice President had nearly non-existent approval ratings and gone on to win the party's nomination?

[Robespierre's Jaw]

No.

Why would the Republican Party nominate Vice President Cheney for the Republican Nomination in 2008, when his approval ratings as Vice President of the United States are below 15 percent, lower than President Bush's.

Say if Vice President Cheney did run for the Republican Nomination in 2008, he would have been challenged for the nomination for sure and he would have lost the nomination for sure, to whom I don't know. Though I doubt it would have been John McCain that would have won the nomination, maybe Rudy had he kept his momentum, that's if he ever had momentum. Hehe.

[Albus Dumbledore]

yes. the republican party is not about to turn away an incumbent president or vice president from the nomination, that is just the way that we are. Look at Ford in 1976 or Bush in 1992.

Yes but has any Vice President had nearly non-existent approval ratings and gone on to win the party's nomination?

There's always room for historic firsts.

[King]

No.  Republicans would see the "Obama 55%, Cheney 35%" polls and vote against him.

The polling would have been that close?

No.  Republicans would see the "Obama 85%, Cheney 15%" polls and vote against him.

I had to change the numbers to the ones in bold but I agree.

As much as I'd like to think that Cheney would get less than 35%, there is just too much partisanship in this country for even the WORST candidate possible on either the Democratic or Republican side to not get at least 35% of the vote.  There are too many people in this country like Mike Naso or BRTD who support 100% straight ticket for anything less.

[memphis]

Hard to say. It's not like you need a majority of primary votes in a given state to win that state's GOP delegates.