No wonder Bush regards the choice of Cheney as such a key decision. Ideas matter in politics and having only a few simplistic ones of his own, Bush found his agenda shaped and dominated by his clever surrogate and deputy.
怪不得布什把选择切尼作为如此关键的决策。理念在政治生活中至关重要，由于自己只有为数不多的简单理念，布什发现自己的议程受到了聪明的代理人和代表的操纵和左右。正是这个原因最终搞垮了布什。