describes this era’s Cheney as “relaxed, low-key, trying to get the job done, trying to get things to work smoothly, not let things fall between the cracks. He was just a very regular, down-to-earth guy.” Bob Schieffer, the CBS News correspondent, thought Cheney was superb. “He was the best staff man I ever dealt with,” he says. “Totally straight. Totally nonpartisan. He clearly knew what was going on, and he never told you any dirty laundry, but he would tell you, ‘No, that’s not right; that is right—or that’s something I can’t talk to you about.’
