... or at least that's what Dick Cheney thinks.  Dana Milbanks column in the Washington Post today looks at the testimony of Cathie Martin, Cheney's former communications director and finds that the VP loved to go on Meet the Press when the administration was in a tough spot.  Why?  Well, for all his supposed gravitas and journalistic seriousness, it appears Tim Russert has a penchant for giving Cheney a pass, and the White House knows it.  Cheney goes on MTP because he knows that Russert won't ask him any really tough questions and regardless of what he says he know there will be no follow ups or challenges to what he said.  This really isn't news to anybody who watches the show but one wonders if Tim Russert will bristle at the fact the White House essentially thinks of him as some sort of D.C. Larry King ready to throw softball questions at officials undeserving of his help.