The Sunday Times of London profiles “Big Time” Cheney. ‘Bush, not realising a microphone was live, called a liberal reporter
a “major-league asshole”. Cheney agreed. “Big time,” he affirmed.
“Big Time” is now Bush’s private nickname for Cheney.

Participants in Oval Office meetings say Cheney is deferential to
Bush, but Big Time speaks for itself. Apart from selling the budget,
masterminding foreign policy and ensuring that old chums such as
Rumsfeld are back in the administration, Cheney, as Senate
president, will also cast tie-breaking votes in a chamber divided
50-50 between Republicans and Democrats. The late-night
television jokes are now about “President Cheney”. ‘