Nation editor: Republicans are no longer 'terrified' of Cheney

Former Vice President Dick Cheney's highly public criticism of President Barama Obama has been making even some Congressional Republicans nervous.
According to Chris Hayes, editor of The Nation, their reaction is perfectly understandable, both because Cheney is "toxic" and because Republicans "don't have anything to fear" from him anymore.
"You'd have to be a total moron not to understand the politics of Dick Cheney," Hayes told MSNBC's Keith Olberman on Tuesday. "He's a toxic figure politically. ... He left office as probably one of the least popular figures, the most distrusted figures in American life.
"The Hill on Monday had quoted half a dozen Republicans who "are telling Dick Cheney to go back to his undisclosed location and leave them alone to rebuild the Republican Party without his input."

Condoleezza Rice On Jay Leno: Says She Won't Criticize Obama Like Cheney Is (VIDEO)

Barack Obama isn't the only political figure making the late night rounds. Jay Leno had former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on his show last night, less than a week after the President's appearance. Leno asked Rice about whether she misses her job, thinks Bush was misunderstood and whether Dick Cheney should stop criticizing Obama. In what could be perceived as disapproval toward Cheney's recent disparaging comments about the Obama administration, Rice told Leno that we "owe them our loyalty and our silence". Rice made a point to let the audience know she was agreeing with her former boss, George W. Bush, who said the same thing last week