Is Bush going to throw away the key........

.......to Cheney's bunker?
Yes we have heard it before, George W. Bush is unhappy with Darth Cheney and company and yesterday Steve Clemons reported that Queen Barbara of Bushworld is gunning for Cheney, Rove and others. Well conservative Insight On The News reports today that Bush takes Cheney out of the loop on national security.

The role of Vice President Dick Cheney as the administration's point man in security policy appears over, according to administration sources.

Over the last two months Mr. Cheney has been granted decreasing access to the Oval Office, the sources said on the condition of anonymity. The two men still meet, but the close staff work between the president and vice president has ended.

"Cheney's influence has waned not only because of bad chemistry, but because the White House no longer formulates policy," another source said.

"There's nothing to input into. Cheney is smart and knowledgeable, but he as well as Bush are ducking all the time to avoid the bullets."

Last night on Air America's Majority Report Clemons also reported that Condi Rice is taking a bigger role in diplomacy and national security and that she is leaving Cheney's man, John Bolton out of the loop. I think that Bush Sr. is also applying pressure both covertly and overtly, think Brent Scowcroft.