Posted on 05/22/2005 8:37:05 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
Political associates of US Secretary of State Condi Rice ar e stirring the pot on her behalf.
While she takes the high road, they are pushing her name out there.
'She definitely wants to be president,' said one.
But the friend added, Rice isn't planning on quitting [as Secretary of State] to run.
'She wants to be drafted,' the source said.
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Personally, I think this is a good strategy to secure a slot as a VP frontrunner...
There hasn't been a successful draft campaign since the days of brokered conventions. It's not going to happen now. If she wants to run, she'll have to run.
She's not "all that" enough to be drafted. Sorry, please learn a respect for life in line with your stated Christian beliefs first. George Allen already does.
Not only that but I feel strongly that you can't have run a candidate for president that has never been in an election campaign. Way too many landmines out there. It's not anti-black or anti-woman to say Condi needs to get some campaign experience before running for the biggest job in the world.
If you thought the Dims and the MSM were racist and rude to her at her confirmation hearings, you haven't seen 1/10th of what they would do if she was the Republican nominee for president.
Allen sounds like the best of the field right now but I'm not sold yet.
'She wants to be drafted,' the source said.
It sound like another CVP lie. (Commie Vampire Propagandists)
The job is simply to serious of a position for us to simply allow anyone (just because she agrees with GWB) to get the nomination.
She is not at all ready for prime time. I am usually quite disappointed in her performances on the weekend talk shows.
Agreed. She needs to earn it in the vicious political arena. It will not be handed to a neophyte.
Please try to locate a pic of her in those high heeled black boots! The Lady is a Champ!
Oh you mean "Let's get her out there right now; so we can see what she's really like; and if we have to we can get rid of her in the early rounds".
Sounds like one of the Clintons tactics.
Jeb/Condi or Rudy/Condi would probably be the strongest tickets for 08, but it looks like Jeb doesn't want to do it.
I was thinking that running for the nomination in '08 would estabish her credibility nationally as a excelllent veep.
The way it would work is that she'd be drafted to run, like Wesley Clark and Ross Perot. There would be a huge amount of interest in this scenario and then she'd announce she'd jump into the race in the fall of 2007. I'm not sure if she could raise the cash she'd need that quickly, though. That would be the only issue.
Condi Rice ~ Bump!
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