Posted on 02/23/2006 5:53:15 PM PST by RunRice2008
Why is Dr. Condoleezza Rice, the Secretary of State who has said that she will not run for president in 2008, the GOP's best option to win the White House in said year?
The polls have consistently shown that there are only three Republicans who can beat the major Democratic contenders in 2008. Those three Republicans are Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, and Condoleezza Rice. However, there is only one candidate that is acceptable to the GOP out of those three: Condi Rice.
Giuliani could win the general election hands down, but he is a notoriously hardcore social liberal who would get torn apart in the primaries.
McCain could also win the general election, but he has proven far too unloyal to his party. He has spent the past ten years trying to please everybody, and he's only just ended up making a lot of enemies. He is a known opportunist who rides the controversies of the movement for the publicity. His legislating record is pretty dismal -- his torture bill (just publicity fluff) didn't really accomplish anything new; his McCain-Feingold bill is possibly one of the most horrendous pieces of legislation to ever deface the Constitution of the United States. He's got a lot of skeletons in his closet with questions about his Vietnam service, his ties to organized crime families in the US, and the divorcing of his faithful wife only to turn around and marry a rich Budweiser distributor's daughter. McCain will be, and should be, an utterly appalling choice for Commander in Chief.
Condi Rice, on the other hand, has proven to be extraordinarily intelligent and wise. She has proven to be a true woman of integrity, honesty, and sincerity. She has a wonderful personality -- she is definitely a lady, but she can be tough as nails when the situation requires. She has proven her ability to handle crises. She is a fiscal and foreign policy genius (in her first two years as Stanford University's provost, she inverted the college's $20 mill debt, and her bold restructuring of the State Dept and US foreign policy are already bearing fruit). She is a woman who is well spoken, who has a penetrating mind with an affinity for strategy and conceptualization, and her specialty is diplomacy, international affairs, and national security -- the three issues that will be most important in 2008.
It's gotta be Condi.
The country needs her as President at this specific point in history. Only she can reach across the racial, gender, and political divides and reunite the nation in a way that hasn't been done since Eisenhower.
We, as conservatives, must -- I repeat, must -- draft this woman for President in 2008.
Condi would make a good VP selection for '08, but she doesn't have the executive resume for the top of the ticket. She'll be ready by '16 for the top.
What do you suppose will transpire in ten years that she'll be ready to run for the presidency? Will it be her that changes, the public, or both?
I'm a big fan of hers and think she could get elected at the top of the ticket now, but she really hasn't had the executive experience that would be best for the job (ranted, neither had Joan of Arc). My point really had nothing to do with public perceptions of her as a woman or Negro.
"but she really hasn't had the executive experience that would be best for the job (ranted, neither had Joan of Arc). My point really had nothing to do with public perceptions of her as a woman or Negro."
I think her experience is equal to President Bush's. She has proven herself in the public arena. My only problem with her is her pro-choice stance. And BTW..... the term "Negro" is slightly passe.
Really? I hadn't noticed. I don't mind being accurate, and if the NAACP can say "colored", I can say Negro. It is the only term that is a precise descriptor of race, which is what I was conveying. It is no more or less offensive than Caucasian.
Who said anything about offensive, I said "passe"
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I'd like to see her run. I'd also like to hear more about her position regarding abortion. It's a real sticking-point for a lot of conservatives. Or so it seems.
If Condi is all the Reps have they are in trouble. Of course the Dems don't have anybody WAS either.
It will be Gov. Jindal in 2007.
He'll beat 'Blank'o by 10 pts.
You heard it here first.
Besides, your analogy is bad. Lousiana is one of the last bastians where a very small group of racists really do have some sway in some small areas or in close elections. It's not reflective of the entire state, and definately not of the nation.
That said, Condi isn't running, and I wouldn't be crazy about her if she did.
Truth be told, if you take emotions out of it and judge only by stances, the one of the three most in line with mainstream conservativism is McCain.
She probably would make a good VP selection, but I'd rather just see her as Sec of State again unless she can prove that she is more Jeffersonian in regards to taxation. The president must be a person who believes in minimizing the tax burden on the people.
We, as conservatives, must -- I repeat, must -- draft this woman for President in 2008.
Pass
She shouldn't run because she doesn't have enough political experience. Since 1961, we've had nine presidents, and all of them had already been elected to a political office. We need a nominee who has been elected governor, senator, or both. I support George Allen. He's been elected to both of those offices, and he's very conservative.
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She reminds me of an administrator, not a leader.
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