Who's in Charge?

Keith Olbermann blogs, "Vice President Dick Cheney told Iran on Tuesday that enrichment of nuclear fuel on Iranian territory was unacceptable and warned that Tehran would face "meaningful consequences" if it continued to pursue its nuclear program. " http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11681845/

Pardon me? I don't remember Hubert Humphrey, Spiro Agnew, Dan Quayle, or any other Vice Presidents threatening other countries on our behalf. And this seems to leave open the "possibility" of war. So who is in charge now? Bush or Cheney? Given the recent shooting incident, it would appear that Dick doesn't seem to report to George at all. And are we now electing VP's to speak for us as a country? If we are, and it now seems so, we had better scrutinize all future VP pics carefully. But, given the power Bush has given his VP, perhaps we should do a better job of scrutinizing Presidential choices. I would never in a million years have though after our previous to last election that I was voting (or not) for a VP who could take us to war as a country.