With the clock ticking on George and Dick, this old bit of news came to mind:

The energy services company that Dick Cheney served for much of the last five years as chairman and chief executive has agreed to let Mr. Cheney, the Republican vice-presidential candidate, retire with a package worth an estimated $20 million, according to people who have reviewed the deal.

New York Times, August 12, 2000 (http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9502EEDE123FF931A2575BC0A9669C8B63)

To steal a line from Condi, no one could have predicted . . .