Hillary *is* going to run. Rice is the only viable alternative. Rice is a woman, black, really smart, acomplished, looks great and would whip Hillary like a yella yard dog. Any guy that runs against Hill is going to be eaten alive by the press. Rice is untouchable. No matter how the press tries to attack her, they come away looking like bullies.
Rice is good. Her biggest obstacles would be a lack of experience in as an executive and in running a campaign and perhaps being a bit too socially liberal. But Hillary lacks executive experience also. Hillary's biggest advantage is being a Senator is not a real job in that she can spend the next 3 years campaigning and no one would miss her. Condi will be too busy solving the world's problems to be running for President.
People who think Condi can't win the GOP nomination because she is black buy into the lie that the Democrats created about the GOP party. Condi's problem will be if she is too soft on abortion and gay rights.
"Any guy that runs against Hill is going to be eaten alive by the press. Rice is untouchable."
Wake up and smell the coffee ... Rice was hounded unmercifully when she was nominated as secty of state, and attacked in cartoons that bordered on racist. The idea that any republican is untouchable is ludicrous. Dont delude yourself, they will skin Rice alive and if they dont have facts to back it up, they'll invent stuff.
Heck, might as well run Tom DeLay. They've beaten up on him for 10 years - he can play Elton John's
"I'm still standing" as his theme song.