Dick Cheney just won't go away. He's like the tail of a dead fish that keeps twitching even after the head's been cut off. Fox News has released more excerpts from their interview with Cheney and it's pretty much exactly what you'd expect.

President Barack Obama's expansion of the federal government into the financial sector is likely to have "devastating" effects in the long term, former Vice President Dick Cheney said in his latest salvo directed at the new White House administration. [...]

"I worry very much that we're in a situation now where there doesn't appear to be any limitation whatsoever in terms of the spending commitments that this administration wants to make," he said. "Vast expansion in terms of the deficit, but it also says a lot about what they intend for the role of government in this society."

Of course, it was Dick Cheney who famously said "Reagan proved that deficits don't matter." Apparently now they do.

As Steve Benen points out, this is pure gold for Team Obama. "Keep talking, Dick."

I get the sense Cheney has no idea how happy he's making officials in the West Wing. The White House would love nothing more than a political fight that boils down to Obama's approach vs. the Bush/Cheney/Rove approach. The former VP keeps making this easier. It's precisely why so many Republicans on the Hill would prefer to see Cheney quietly go away -- if he's the face of the Republican Party right now, the GOP is in a lot of trouble.

This is especially true when it comes to a debate over the economy. Cheney believes Obama's policies are likely to be "devastating"? It's like manna from heaven for Obama's team.

In fact, Cheney is playing directly into the DNC's hands:

"We're going to come back to this repeatedly," said DNC communications director Brad Woodhouse. "It's a growing theme: Party of no, party of no new ideas, and now party of no new leaders."

The effort is meant to make it more difficult for the GOP to turn the page to an era of new leaders like Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and a host of rising stars in both chambers.

Strategists privately stress the GOP needs to move past old faces, and one veteran Republican said the attacks could be effective.

You can watch the DNC's new web below:

The fact is that when Hillary Clinton says of Cheney "I don't consider him a particularly reliable source," she's speaking for a majority of Americans. He simply has no credibility. Even Chris Matthews invoked Darth Vader when referring to Cheney's return to the spotlight as an Obama critic.

So, keep it up, Dick. Please.