Look, I know whereof you speak, but they can't marginalize Rice. Condi is a heroine to the Republican base, especially after the attacks by Babs and Kleagle. The fact is, the more they attack her, and the more demeaning the attacks, the more desperate they look.
It's a bit like aiki-do. All Rice has to do is bend like a reed and snap back.
All they have done is to piss Condi off. She won't show it. She'll get her payback in another way.
Be Seeing You,
Chris