But maybe Dick’s endorsement will convince a few hard right cronies to come out of the closet

(except, maybe, Nancy Pelosi). No neocons were ever going to vote for him so it makes no difference.

The KANSAS FARM BUREAU PAC endorsed the Democrat for a US representative seat. Be still my beating heart. SHE is the incumbent. And worthy of the seat.

Sanity is definitely on the rise. And in unexpected places.

Hopefully the shrub endorses Harris next.

At least Cheney is considered, "hard right". I think. Well at least I considered him to be. But it could just be that he was always focused on one thing. The rest of it was likely "sneer right". I really didn't know his opinion on anything except foreign policy. Don't know what he thought about anything domestic or if he even had an opinion. He probably could care less. Hell he would have probably supported Medicare for All if it supported the war in Iraq....

....not only do rightwing voters now have the face-saving permission they needed to not vote for trump, old school republicans in all types of official capacities, election officers, law enforcement people, journalists, court officials, etc, etc, now also have the de-facto party's permission to not assist trump anymore.

In fact, they've been given the dog whistle to start working AGAINST trump, and will gladly do that after trump's statement this evening trashing cheney, who they still see as a former prince of the exalted republican throne.

former republican Presidents or Vice Presidents will endorse trump. Sure maga hate the cheneys . But, we can't stop the cult. We can only hope for the independents.

They might not vote FOR harris, but they won't be voting for trump, either.

...and her qualifications for the job. Not a small matter, in my opinion.

Don’t like the guy’s politics or record, but I welcome him in support of Kamala Harris for President of the United States and for his loyalty to the Constitution. We are not just gathering supporters, we are establishing connections between all groups who believe in democracy and the law. It’s gonna be a blue wave like no one’s ever seen.

He is a father supporting his daughter. Pretty common really. His daughter, Liz, is strongly anti-Trump for many reasons, mostly personal. Her father Dick is no longer a force in the R party and probably close to death. It would be surprising and shocking if he said anything else.

...on her qualifications for the job and on her defense credentials. It could re-assure a lot of people that might have had those doubts. That would be a good thing.

Elvis being found with Jimmy Hoffa living in the attic of Graceland this whole time and coming out to go on record for Harris.

Thanks, I needed that!

On the one hand, Dick Cheney is a true old-school Republican, main street, big business, military-industrial complex kind of a Republican. I suspect that there are some other similar Republicans, older Republicans, who are embarrassed by Trump but didn't know that they had a choice. Cheney could lead some of them towards the light...

But...

On the other hand, this was a late Friday afternoon/evening announcement. Anyone who follows politics (and media-related techniques and manipulation) know that you announce something on Friday that you want to hide, things that are shameful or wrong. If Dick Cheney wanted this to be truly influential, he should have announced this on Monday morning, so that the chattering classes would have the whole week to talk about him. This announcement will die over the weekend.

We have WEEKS of potential upheaval of every kind. I just keep my seatbelt fastened and hope we don't get rolled.

It's only September and there have been better surprises. nt

Question is, how many “decent” ones actually exist?