I would say I am slightly prejudiced against women for the top spot. Yeah, I guess that makes me a horrible person. Oh well. I don't care about race. The hanger for me on Rice is just her leadership capabilities. Some of that comes through in a person's resume, and some of it is just the gut feeling you get. It's hard to define. But let's face it, what made Ronald Reagan so effective was mostly the stuff that's hard to define. That and his rock solid foundation of beliefs.
What are Rice's core beliefs? Why should I think she can persuade Americans? Why should I think she will be a shrewd negotiator. A tough customer? I don't have any reason to believe it.
Also, and I guess this makes me even more awful, I am prejudiced against highly educated intellectual bureacrats, and let's face it, that's what she is. I like the self made man. Maybe because I am one. So there. It doesn't have to make sense to anyone but me, anyway.
I didn't even know her position on abortion.
lol....well I have a pet peeve about women preachers but that's another thread.
I would be happy with a Maggie Thatcher comparable as POTUS but I can't think of one offhand. Jeane Kirkpatrick came close but she is too old now and rambles a bit for the TV age.
As for blacks, I like Alan Keyes but he is not electable. I like JC Watts but .....
Hell, I don't know of any strong conservative female or minority candidates for the job off hand....I'm not even sure I could name W's replacement right now.
I know it may be laughable to some, but the brightest relatively young conservative I see at this moment with spunk is Joe Scarborough but he's not even in politics right now...he's on the graavy train so to speak.
Anybody can think of some good minority or female rising stars aside from Condi, I'll be more than happy to be enlightened but I don't think the quest to find one is an end all and it skirts dangerously close to acting like Dems speak and govern(but don't practice themselves obviously).