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Election 2000: Bush and Cheney Head for Casper, Wyoming

Aired July 26, 2000 - 11:28 a.m. ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: All right, America, say hello to Casper, Wyoming. That is the first stop for George W. Bush and his new running mate, Dick Cheney. The Republican team heads to Cheney's old high school for a rally a bit later today, about within an hour, in fact.

In Austin, Texas, though, here is Jonathan Karl to fill us in on the very latest.

Are they pretty pumped up there, Jonathan?

JONATHAN KARL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: They really are. They think they have got a solid choice here, Bill, and they got a real sense that things were really happening. Last night, at about midnight, Secretary Cheney, now vice presidential candidate Cheney's Secret Service detail arrived here in Austin.

Now, Cheney, of course, on his way now with Bush to Casper, Wyoming. The rally will actually be held at the high school where Dick Cheney met his wife, Lynne, more than 40 years ago. But they won't spend much time there on the ground in Casper, Wyoming, in the state of Wyoming. They are headed right back here to Austin. They will only be on the ground for a few hours in Wyoming.

Cheney actually still has some business loose ends to tie up here before he goes on the campaign trail full-time. As a matter of fact, Cheney, of course, still CEO of the Halliburton Corporation, a job that he will not formally relinquish until August 16th -- Bill.

HEMMER: All right, Jonathan, we'll hear -- what do you think the message we'll hear out of Casper today, though, more of the same from yesterday and last night when Dick Cheney was on with Larry King here?

KARL: Well, you saw a real indication of the kind of message you are going to here during the rally they held here in Austin. Dick Cheney said that political leaders need to stop pointing the finger of blame and begin sharing credit for all the good that has happened over the last few years of prosperity here in the United States.

Traditionally what we've seen is vice presidential nominees play the role of attack dogs. They are the ones to attack the opposition. But Cheney very much there to kind of project some gravitas, project experience, project some kind of a sense that he's a solid candidate, somebody that could accept a promotion to the White House, if needed. But not somebody that is going to go out there and be the partisan attack dog on the stump.

We'll see if they maintain that during the course of the campaign. Cheney, of course, a very conservative member of Congress, when he was in the House of Representatives back in the '80s, but also somebody who projected a sense of bipartisanship. Even as he voted conservative, solidly Republican, he got along with Democrats.

HEMMER: A bit of a twist there, we'll see. He did give up quite a heck of a salary there at Halliburton. He was talking about that last night with Larry King as well. Hey, Jonathan, thanks. Jonathan Karl live down in Austin.

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