Shhh! The New York Times’ Steven Lee Meyers reports that Vice President Dick Cheney flew to Georgia on Thursday and had a one-on-one talk with President Mikheil Saakashvili. They were likely talking about the $1 billion in aid Cheney promised the country, or the NATO membership the Vice President thinks Georgia should attain. Or maybe Cheney’s decision to give Georgia money for economic recovery but not fancy new weapons.

The point here is that the Vice President seems to be more than in control about what to do with Georgia after Russia’s brief invasion. Both the Democratic and Presidential candidates have run away, and kept running, from the policies of Bush-Cheney. But Cheney’s mark on Georgia is another example of the significant changes wrought by the Bush administration and how difficult they’ll be to undo.-MB

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