God, that's funny.

The vice-president (Cheney) casts the deciding vote in any tie in the Senate. With the Senate tied 50-50 in terms of party affiliations we can expect many more votes by this vice president than any before him. He might not be the US equivalent of a Prime Minister, but it's a role unprecedented in US history.

Am I the only one suspicious of talk of bi-paritsan Dubya looking at putting a moderate Democrat Senator from Louisiana in his cabinet? And can we expect his replacement to be Dem or Rep?