Palin impresses Bush, Cheney

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush said Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's executive experience will help her if she become the vice president.

"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," Bush said in an interview on Fox News Channel's "Fox and Friends."

Bush said Palin, the 44-year-old governor of Alaska, is a "very dynamic, capable, smart woman" during the interview, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.

While on an official visit to Rome, Vice President Dick Cheney told reporters he "loved" Palin's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention last week, especially the comment that lipstick was the only difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull, the Times said.

"Everybody brings a different set of experiences to the office, and also has a different kind of understanding with whoever the president is," Cheney said.