A funeral for Cheney, and the ‘adults-in-the-room’ GOP establishment

The funeral for former Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday will mark the passing of a type of politician who has become increasingly endangered in the Donald Trump era. “Name me the Cheney-style Republican who’s still alive politically,” said Joshua Bolten, who served as White House chief of staff during the final years of the George W. Bush administration. Cheney’s sendoff is one that many Republicans are taking note of. They say he now seems like someone out of a different America, and the funeral at Washington National Cathedral where many other 20th century political icons were memorialized also feels…