No -- In my opinion she is being way too polite.
A trait Republicans need to lose in these situations.
Kerry says he won the popular vote in the battleground states. Don't put your Kerry jokes and pictures away, folks, 'cause he's running again. Osama and 9/11 cost him the race. He thinks he can win a second time around.
She's not being polite: by refusing to even mention his name, Condi is giving the ultimate 'dis' by rendering him, and his like, irrelevant.