KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: With the Republican National Convention just a little over a week away, speculation is building over possible running mates for the presumed candidate, Texas Governor George W. Bush. For the latest on that, CNN's Jonathan Karl joins us from outside the governor's mansion in Austin, Texas. Hello again, Jonathan.</s>JONATHAN KARL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello. In a development that has caught many political observers by surprise, CNN has learned that several top Republicans are saying that Dick Cheney, who has, of course, been heading up George W. Bush's search for a running mate, has himself emerged as a top candidate for that job. Now, Cheney has taken a step that seems to indicate that those sources may be right on target. What he has done is, he has changed his voter registration from Texas, which is the state where he now resides, to Wyoming, a state that he represented in Congress for more than a decade. Now, the reason why that is important is that by doing that, he has removed an obstacle in the Constitution that would make it very difficult for the vice president and the president to be from the same state. That provision is the 12th Amendment, which says that electors from a state, in this case Texas, may not vote for a president and vice president from the same state. Now, by doing that, will Cheney -- by changing his registration, Cheney, of course, would eliminate that problem. Now, aides here in Texas and here in Austin to the governor, George W. Bush, are cautioning that Bush has not made a final decision. He will spend his weekend at the ranch in seclusion trying to mull over his choice. As he says, that by the end of the weekend, though, he will make a final decision -- Kyra.</s>PHILLIPS: Jonathan Karl, thank you very much.
Bush Mulls V.P. Choice in Seclusion