What is striking about Dick Cheney's dull remarks on Sonia Sototmayor at the National Press Club this news cycle is that he could as well be talking about how he disagrees that U2 is the best band from Ireland for all time and asserts that, if it were up to him, he would rather name the Clancy Brothers. Cheney reminds us that he does not have a vote on her elevation. Did we need to be reminded? Is this a feckless jab at other strident political actors in retirement who do not have a vote and yet speak loudly while waving a Twitter stick, such as the once and future demagogue Newt Gingrich?  Or is this Cheney taking :46 to say nothing at all?  More mysterious, Cheney heaps aimlessness on top of vacuousness by noting that he would have nominated a conservative. Gee. Write that down. The Sotomayor debate has reached the status of non meaning.  Even the demagogues are taking a seltzer break.