DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: As for Al Gore's advisers, they say the Cheney selection will have no impact on the vice president's pick for a running mate. Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher is working with Gore in the selection process. The two meet today. CNN congressional correspondent Chris Black joins us now from Washington with more. Chris, any chances that Warren Christopher would then be the selection for Al Gore if you follow the same formula?</s>CHRIS BLACK, CNN CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Highly unlikely, I think, Daryn, at this point. But as you noted, the vice president met this morning with Warren Christopher, the former secretary of state, who is heading up Gore's selection process. They meet regularly, they talk on the phone frequently. And so far, Gore is providing absolutely no clues about who he might be thinking about. But what his advisers say and what people at the Democratic National Committee say is that the choice of Cheney really opens up a lot of possibilities for Vice President Al Gore. He does not, they say, have to react to this choice because it is not a dramatic choice as someone like a Colin Powell would. In fact, the line of the day from the Democratic National Committee is that Cheney's choice shows this is your father's Republican Party. Cheney served, not only in George Bush's cabinet, the father of Texas Governor George W. Bush, but his voting record they say, shows that he is the same old conservative Republican that the Clinton/Gore administration have been fighting for the last 7 1/2 years. This afternoon, in fact, members of the Congress, Democratic members of Congress, will go before the Supreme Court and make a statement about Cheney's record on abortion rights. He is strongly opposed to abortion rights. And they say that this choice show that George W. Bush has caved in to the anti-choice people in his own party -- Daryn.</s>KAGAN: Chris Black in Washington, thank you very much.
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