What's worse, ala qaeda's endorsement, or this.

At an event in Laramie, Wyoming, on Saturday, Vice President Dick Cheney said he will cast his ballot for the McCain-Palin ticket.

"This year, of course, I'm not on the ballot, so I am here ... not to vote for me, but I want to join daughter Liz, who is with me today, join us in casting ... our ballots for John McCain and Sarah Palin."

Just as he did with the Bushes' early vote in Texas for John McCain, Barack Obama jumped on it:

At a rally in Pueblo, Obama lashed out at the Cheney endorsement.

"I'd like to congratulate Sen. McCain on this endorsement, because he really earned it. That endorsement didn't come easy," he said. "George Bush may be in an undisclosed location now, but Dick Cheney's out there on the campaign trail because he'd be delighted to pass the baton to John McCain."

"He knows that with John McCain, you get a twofer: George Bush's economic policy and Dick Cheney's foreign policy, Obama continued. "And that is a risk we cannot afford to take."

Cheney didn't have to make a big thing of it. Presumably he could have even mailed in his ballot. Makes me think they're trying to salvage the WY-AL Congressional seat, which is, after all, Cheney's old seat.

Right now, Democrat Gary Trauner in his second play for the seat is running strong against Cynthia Loomis although the new R2000/DKos poll has Trauner falling a bit behind. McJoan has more on the race. Unfortunately Trauner can't count on any Obama rally to turn out his base for him, although for Loomis, Cheney has to be seen as the Republican equivalent. For me, this is going to be one of the biggies to watch Tuesday night.

Update [2008-11-1 18:59:48 by Todd Beeton]:Jed has the video:

Update [2008-11-1 19:5:20 by Todd Beeton]:Biden weighs in:

If you ever had any doubt that John McCain would continue George Bush's policies -- you can put those to rest. Just today, Vice President Cheney came out and endorsed John McCain. Do we need any more proof? I'm not surprised. Dick Cheney has been wrong on everything else the last eight years. He's on a roll.