Wednesday, February 9, 2005
President Condoleezza Rice?
An interesting piece in The Hill today about a Condi Rice presidential candidacy in 2008. It's not at all evident that she wants to go in that direction but here are some reasons it might be a good idea: (1) her extraordinary calm, (2) her enormous success (Birmingham childhood during the Civil Rights years, U.Denver Phi Beta Kappa grad, two prestigious faculty awards while teaching at Stanford, four years on the NSC, three-year NSA advisor, and now sec'y of state), (3) personal aplomb and self-sufficiency (no entourage, carries her own briefcase and mostly makes her own schedule -- who can imagine such things in a public figure), (4) board member of universities and corporations (Chevron, Hewlett, Notre Dame, KQED, etc....). The demographics are on her side, too, to such an extent that aspects otherwise seen as detrimental are plusses for her (woman, religious, intellectual...). Wouldn't it be a kick to have a Clinton vs. Rice all-female race in 2008?!
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