Dick Cheney offers thoughts on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin:
“I like her. I dealt with her a couple of times when she first became governor ... trying to get the Alaska gas pipeline going. I had dinner with her on a couple of occasions.
“She was down here a year ago with the governors’ conference — the president always had the state dinner for the governors. I sat next to her — that’s when I first had an opportunity to talk to her. I thought she was a fascinating V.P. candidate. She gave the Democrats a lot of trouble for a while. In the end, it was just a hell of a tough year.”