[Keith]

I agree...Ford has a future...but frankly, we have a deeper bench with stalwarts like Condi Rice and J. C. Watts...

[AmishDude]

It is true that we have a deeper bench, but don't look for Condi or JC to do too much. Condi just isn't a politician. She doesn't seem to have the fire in the belly that most politicians need to have and JC seems to want to float in and out of politics. To be honest, I'd hate to see a Senator Condi Rice because I think she's too good a decision-maker to get lost in a legislature. Most likely, she will replace Powell at State (cabinet officers rarely serve in a second term) and if she can turn that battleship around, she deserves to be Queen, not just president.