I wanted Rice to run as president this year.

She’s run State like a Democrat. She has been an utterly pathetic SoS, second only to Colin Powell. As of late she seems to be closer to Obama’s positions on things like the ME.

Condi Rice needs to retire forever from elected (though she’s never been elected to anything)/appointed political office. I’m sure she’d make a fine NFL Commissioner.

Other than John Bolton and some judicial nominees that GWB didn’t have the gumption to defend and to press for a vote, I never want to see anybody who had ANYTHING to do with the Bush Administration in public again.

And BTW, since Condi is decidedly pro-choice, I’m sure you’d get exactly the opposite reaction to her candidacy that you saw with Gov. Palin’s. It would let the air out of the base and we’d question Palin’s judgment, and rightfully so.

Trickle down politics won’t work. Many posts/blogs are trying to find our own messiah to save us from ourselves. They really don’t exist, especially for REPS and conservatives. We don’t own the media to keep perpetuate a messiah mirage.

We have to do the work on the ground. Government and politics are reactionary not initiating entities. They will reflect the work we have done, they aren’t going to initiate the work we need to get done.

If we have a groundswell from the bottom up demanding real conservatives someone will step up, probably distant from the Bush admin.

would you saddle Palin with Rice? Rice wasn’t even able to control the Arabists and commie sympathizers that permeate the State Department.

I want to win in 2012 and Rice is a zero.

She was a historic figure for the last eight years. If Iraq and Afghanistan democracies grow in the next few years and the violence ends or is controlled her stature and that of President Bush will grow. She definitely will be an advisor to Presidents in the future, democrats and republicans. I would like to see Secretary Rice become the head of an Fortune 500 company, or head a sports league. I think she is bright, intelligent and will serve in a great capacity somewhere. I do not think it will be as a Veep though.

no need to play the politics of identity. and no, i don’t think Rice and Palin would be our two best candidates regardless of race/sex/ or religion.

Based on your last comment how we need the two best people for the job in ’12, I think this disqualifies Rice. I think she’s a great person, but not right for VP.

My Order of Preference Right Now: (Pres & VP)
1)Newt
2)Palin
3)Jindal
4)Sanford
5)Huckabee
6)Romney

No’s – Pawlenty, Rice, Guiliani, and Christ

This would be an interesting choice, but we are ignoring the fact that Dr. Rice has repeatedly stated that she does not want to run for elected office – President, VP, Senator, etc.

Another factor which I think is even more important is Rice’s political loyalties. She declined to endorse anyone this year, and when pressed on who she is voting for, she refused to state. There’s a good chance she is a closet Obama fan, and after this Powell and RINO meltdown, this is the last person we need as part of the 2012 ticket.

Finally, Rice and Palin are cut from two different cloths. Rice is very educated and articulate, while Palin has an undergraduate degree. This would be a mismatch about as bad as McCain-Palin.

has not only infected the Left, it seems many on the Right have a severe case as well. Saying things like, “I don’t want to see anyone associated with the Bush administration in public office ever again.”
Nonsense.
I agree contemporary history has not been kind to Bush, but the last word hasn’t been written. Imagine another horrific attack on our soil like 9/11, or even worse, under Obama. Don’t tell me the first thought running through your mind won’t be, “Damn, at least Bush kept us safe.” Or, “Damn, if only McCain had won.”
History will show Bush to be a much better President than our myopic view now holds.
Is four years too soon for Rice to overcome the lunacy of BDS? Only if Al-Quada, or Putin, or Achmadinijad, or any of the other world class nutjobs aren’t successful in their evil quests. If our enemies our successful we’ll be looking for change in 2012. Change we can feel safe with. Change we can sleep at night with. Change that kept us safe for 8 years.

… for Bobby Jindal.

Look, you go with your best. I like Sarah, but Bobby is showing me a lot more.

That said, we need to be working on Saxby Chambliss, Norm Coleman, the 2009 Off Cycles, and 2010. 2012 will take care of itself.

Now Sarah could grow into a superwoman, but so far, Jindal is showing me both smarts and extraordinary leadership in bringing Louisiana back.

A lot of conservatives, who really should know better, believe that Rice’s mission was to conduct a blood purge in the State Department and drive out the liberals.

That would have left Rice with no State Department. Rice wasn’t a fool; she worked with the Department she had been left with. State will always be infested with Democrats. That just is what it is.

That said, she successfully reoriented much of our diplomacy towards the Pacific, India, Australia, Vietnam, and Japan. Korea remains a wash, but it always was going to remain a wash because the American people aren’t willing to risk a war. Iran remains out to the jury until Iraq is truly won.

The Middle East remains where it always was: an insoluable problem that we need to leave alone.

Rice would be a valuable addition to a Jindal ticket, or Sarah, if she bones up and wins. You go with wisdom and endurance, and Rice has got both.