He was considered a presidential or vice-presidential prospect for a time.

We follow the nominee as he goes out with three vice-presidential prospects.

In political circles, the handicapping for most Vice-Presidential prospects has been swinging dramatically, depending on who is doing it and when.

Richard B. Cheney, who is supervising the process by which the governor is winnowing a list of Republican vice-presidential prospects, was his father's defense secretary.

During her gubernatorial campaign, Bitney said, he began predicting to Palin that she would make the short list of Republican Vice-Presidential prospects.

He was also asked if he was concerned about a practice once followed by Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas, another Vice-Presidential prospect.

Mr. Scowcroft said that before the Kennebunkport meeting, he had run into Mr. Cheney and teased him about being the perfect vice-presidential prospect.

Just as Bob Rubin has been mentioned as a Democratic vice-presidential prospect, Donald Trump used to say he might have chosen Jack Welch.

So does the campaign's serious consideration of Richard B. Cheney, defense secretary under President Bush, for a major role, possibly head of the committee that studies vice-presidential prospects.

The Governor seemed miffed that his homestate paper, The Chicago Tribune, did not even mention his name when it handicapped the Vice-Presidential prospects recently.