Condi Actively Campaigning For VP Spot?
ABCNews’ Mary Bruce Reports: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is actively courting the vice presidential nomination, Republican strategist Dan Senor said.
“Condi Rice has been actively, actually in recent weeks, campaigning for this,” Senor said this morning on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.”
According to Senor, Rice has been cozying up to the Republican elite.
“There’s this ritual in Washington: The Americans for Tax Reform, which is headed by Grover Norquist, he holds a weekly meeting of conservative leaders — about 100, 150 people, sort of inside, chattering, class types,” Senor said. “They all typically get briefings from political conservative leaders. Ten days ago, they had an interesting visit — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice — the first time a secretary of state has visited the Wednesday meeting.”
Senor explained that Rice’s history in public office would make her a prime candidate, especially in light of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain’s emphasis on experience throughout his campaign.
“What the McCain campaign has to consider is whether or not they want to pick a total outsider, a fresh face, someone a lot younger than him, a governor who people aren’t that familiar with,” Senor said. “The challenge they’re realizing is that they’ll have to have to spend 30 to 45 days, which they won’t have at that point, educating the American public about who this person is.
“The other category is someone who people instantly say, the second they see that announcement, ‘I get it, that person could be president tomorrow,’” Senor added. “Condi Rice is an option.”
(ABC)
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Love those boots, but she needs to drop that long jacket and show off her booty. I bet it is kicking.
April 6th, 2008 at 5:07 pmtest
April 6th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
April 6th, 2008 at 5:09 pmI’m kind of neutral on her as VP.
April 6th, 2008 at 5:10 pmNo doubt it is the finest piece of Sec. of State prime rib since Madeline Albright’s.
…not!
April 6th, 2008 at 5:11 pmGod help us, the lovely dovey negotiator as VP to the Manchurian Candidate vs. the America hating black panther Marxist and a political lesbian pathological liar. WTF did we do to deserve this revolting development?
April 6th, 2008 at 5:11 pmI have seen too many of her interviews where she has stated very clearly and without hesitation she will not run. I would take this with a grain of salt. Although I think it would make a good ticket.
April 6th, 2008 at 5:15 pmI do not. Enough libtards already.
April 6th, 2008 at 5:20 pmNo thanks. Throw her on the ‘rejected’ pile with Romney and Huck.
April 6th, 2008 at 6:06 pmI’d rather see J C Watts as a VP choice. He’s a good conservative and he could easily go toe to toe with BHO.
April 6th, 2008 at 6:15 pmfirst word that comes to mind is ‘lightning rod’
but with that being said, i think she would make a decent VP. its not like the vice president has any real authority over foreign policy. lets be real here, whatever choices of hers you dont like are President Bush’s choices represented by her, the standing secretary of state. she doesnt have free reign. as VP she will stand by what John McCain says.
April 6th, 2008 at 6:50 pmoh and not my first choice. just saying she would be alright
April 6th, 2008 at 6:50 pmI’d really like to know more about her stance on domestic issues. I also think that she is too obvious. Everybody will say she is “just” an affirmative action choice and dismiss her. The “soft” racism of racial preferences would bite us in the ass.
April 6th, 2008 at 7:13 pmfirst word that comes to mind is ‘lightning rod’
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Exactly!
All due respect to Rice (who IS more than qualified), but she’s not the right one for the job.
Dan Senor aside (who, BTW, is MARRIED to NBC’s Campbell Brown) … This really smells of the same shit the MSM pulled to get McCain in the top GOP dog position ….
I got a “pricky” feeling the MSM is trying to do it again with the GOP Veep choice. They continue to orchestrate OUR fucking ticket …
April 6th, 2008 at 7:44 pmI can see why we wouldn’t want to run Condi as VP but the consequences of not are pretty severe too. I don’t think any of us here would want Hussein or Hillary and I personally think a McCain-Rice ticket would be very competitive - certainly more than capable of picking up moderates and fence-sitters. This isn’t to say that I’m not a conservative - I’m just pragmatic and I see this as the best way to secure a McCain win in November. If Rice has her head screwed on right (no pun intended) and doesn’t have any Clinton-esque skeletons in her closet, she could more than toe the line with either Hussein or Hillary. And there’s every possibility that she could rise above the stench of identity politics which has turned the Dem. primaries into a three ring circus. For those worried about us supposedly stooping to identity politics, I hope we don’t have to look at it that way. I think she could focus on substantive issues and let her appearance do the rest of the talking against the Democratic candidates. Wanting a Republican win in ‘08 like no other, I am willing to moderate my fond wishes for a conservative duo.
April 6th, 2008 at 8:23 pmTo much of this pseudo intellectual bullshit types, always thinking one can talk/negotiate with these Neanderthal mooslims, gordo latin dictators, and russian KGB.
April 6th, 2008 at 9:41 pmState Dept types run a different agenda than what is best for this country. They pull bullshit, then it goes sour and the military has to fix the problem with blood and the existing administration takes the political hit.
Time for ms. Rice to go’s back home and bake cookies, and the state dept. be placed on the ash heap of history.
She would serve to counter the Hussein and Billary race and gender cards no matter which one of them gets elected.
Plus, she’s got the experience that neither Dem can claim and if McCain dies in office ‘cuz he’s old, then we have the first female African-American president… score 1 for “diversity” Republicans… try to catch up dhimmicrats…
April 7th, 2008 at 6:54 amCondi is something McCain is not - a conservative. She’d be a better president than the liberal McCain.
April 7th, 2008 at 7:42 amThere was a time when I thought Rice should run. But she’s gone a little soft, particularly with the U.N. I’d love to see a John Bolton/Fred Thompson ticket. But, instead, I got McCain.
April 7th, 2008 at 10:19 pm