Poll Says Cheney Not Likely to Quit; Rice Favorite to Step in if He Does

How likely is that that U.S. vice-president Dick Cheney will resign from office before the end of his term?

Very likely	8%
Somewhat likely	18%
Not very likely	46%
Not at all likely	17%

If Cheney resigns who would you like to see nominated to take his place as vice-president?

Condoleezza Rice	27%
Rudy Giuliani	24%
John McCain	19%
Newt Gingrich	8%
Another Republican	7%
Mitt Romney	3%

Source: Rasmussen Reports
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 800 likely American voters, conducted on Mar. 7 and Mar. 8, 2007. Margin of error is 4 per cent.