If Cheney's visitor logs show meetings with lobbyists, releasing them just weeks before Election Day could provide ammunition to Democrats.

"The political price is very high," said L. Sandy Maisel, director of the Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs at Colby College. "Even more than that, Cheney has a vested interest in keeping them out of public eye at a time when people will pay attention to them. After the election, they will pay much less attention."

Has Cheney's card finally been pulled?

My prediction is that Cheney will claim that he can't reveal these because doing so will pose a grave threat to the country in fighting the war on terror.

ditto for me, egoldstein.