MR. RUSSERT: And you’re fully confident you’ll maintain control of both Houses?

VICE PRES. CHENEY: I think we will, I really do. I’ve been—spent a lot of time on it, I’ve done 91 campaigns myself this cycle, since last fall. I’m on the road a lot. I’ve seen our candidates, I’ve seen how they’re handling the issues. We’ve generated the resources we need to be able to have a good, hard-fought competition. I—if I had to bet today, I’d bet that—well, I can bet you a dinner that we hold both Houses.

MR. RUSSERT: I don’t bet.

VICE PRES. CHENEY: You don’t bet. All right.

MR. RUSSERT: Have you been hunting since February 11, 2006?

VICE PRES. CHENEY: No, sir, that was the end of the season.

MR. RUSSERT: No more hunting?

VICE PRES. CHENEY: I didn’t say that at all, but I have not hunted since then. But I ordinarily wouldn’t anyway.

MR. RUSSERT: Will you go out and hunt again?

VICE PRES. CHENEY: I do, I will.

MR. RUSSERT: Have you gotten over that incident?

VICE PRES. CHENEY: Well, yeah, I don’t know that you ever get over it.

Fortunately, Harry’s doing very well, Harry Whittington, and…

MR. RUSSERT: You’ve talked to him?

VICE PRES. CHENEY: Yes, I have. And he’s a good man, and he could not have been more gracious or more generous. But it’s not the kind of thing I don’t think anybody could ever forget. I certainly won’t.

MR. RUSSERT: Should I be relieved you didn’t bring your shotgun in today?

VICE PRES. CHENEY: I wouldn’t worry about it. You’re not in season.

MR. RUSSERT: Mr. Vice President, I hope I never am.

VICE PRES. CHENEY: All right.

MR. RUSSERT: Thank you for sharing your views.

VICE PRES. CHENEY: Thank you, Tim.