Don't forget her pro abortion views. Without credibly shedding those she is a loser. It can be done. GHWB did it. If she becomes the nominee, even if the Republican prolifers don't brig it up, the crats surely will.
But there is a big difference in Dems saying "AHA! She's pro-choice" trying to influence Republicans and pro-lifers using it as a stick to beat her with. I'm just saying, my sense is that we've seen two very big trends on the conservative side in the last 10 years. One is that more people than ever are pro-life, but, at the same time, far more are less militant about it, and see "change of heart" as the main ways to combat abortion rather than legislation/politicians. The second is that more conservatives than ever are fed up with the entire homosexual debate and are more than willing to live and let live on most things, but that they are OVERWHELMINGLY ADAMANT on the issue of marriage.
Now, those may sound contradictory to you, but people are complex. Few people "tow the line" right down every issue. What that means for Condi (and Arnold, were he to run for Senate) is that pro-lifers will give them a wide berth if they pretty much agree to shut up about it; and if they are on the right side of what seems to be an even more critical issue of immigration. I could be wrong. That's just what I get from talking to people.