Dick Cheney is moving on from his fight against President Obama, said Michael Gerson in The Washington Post, and taking aim at a fellow Republican—Colin Powell. The men served, respectively, as vice president and secretary of state in the same administration, but they have become “strange representatives of the ideological poles of Republicanism.” Cheney is attacking Powell as too liberal—but it’s Powell’s call for a more flexible and open party “Republicans should be listening to.”
Cheney’s the one with the right idea for getting Republicans back on track, said Patrick Buchanan in RealClearPolitics. His prescription is based on eight years of success, both winning elections and keeping America safe. "The Republican Party needs to get off the psychiatrist's couch, and stand up and fight for what it believes.”
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