Bush, Cheney give Palin a vote of confidence

Some interesting tidbits on Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee who is now a media star.

The current GOP No. 2, Dick Cheney, said today that he's confident that Palin would be successful in the White House.

"Everybody brings a different set of experiences to the office and also a different kind of understanding with whoever the president is," Cheney told reporters in at the US ambassador's residence in Rome, according to the Associated Press. "Each administration is different. And there's no reason why Sarah Palin can't be a successful vice president in a McCain administration."

Cheney also said that he "loved" Palin's speech to the Republican National Convention last week, and laughed when he recounted her line about the difference between hockey moms and pit bulls being lipstick. "I thought her appearance at the convention was superb," Cheney said.

UPDATE: President Bush added his blessing of Palin, in an interview to air Tuesday morning on Fox News Channel.

"I find her to be a very dynamic, capable, smart women who, you know, it really says that John McCain made an inspired pick, to me," Bush said.

Asked about her experience, the president added, "Well, she’s had executive experience, and that’s what it takes to be a capable person here in Washington, D.C. in the executive branch.

Meanwhile, Palin, who has been kept under wraps except for scripted campaign appearances, will do her first major television interview later this week.

She will talk to ABC's Charles Gibson for multiple interviews with Gibson in Alaska over two days, most likely Thursday and Friday, said McCain adviser Mark Salter, the AP reports.