Cheney: Palin Doesn’t Have A Lock On 2012 Nomination
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Cheney: Palin Doesn’t Have A Lock On 2012 Nomination
Vice President Dick Cheney says he doesn’t know if Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will top the GOP ticket in 2012.
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(December 21, 2008)--Vice President Dick Cheney says he's confident Republicans will rebound from this year's election defeats, but says he doesn't know if Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will be the candidate to lead the comeback.

Cheney said Palin, who was John McCain's running mate this year, is no lock to be the Republican nominee for president in 2012.

Cheney said Palin would have to "earn it," just as anybody else would.

Besides capturing the White House, Democrats widened their majorities in the House and Senate in this year's elections.

Cheney likens the current political cycle to the 1970s, when Republicans lost the White House following the Watergate scandal.

Republican Ronald Reagan won the presidency in 1980, after just a single term for Democrat Jimmy Carter.

Cheney spoke on "Fox News Sunday."
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