veepicide
n.— «The subject of the piece was whether President Bush would dump Vice President Cheney from the ticket.Hellip;In order to qualify as news, veepicide stories should be anchored to something real.» —“All the Rumors Fit To Print” by Jack Shafer Slate July 23, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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