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You are promoting SoS like it's a natural spring board to the presidency. Condi is Bush's mouthpiece. She's not doing or saying anything that Bush isn't telling her to do or say.

Disciple, you make my point as articulated in Post 22. Although I disagree, accepting for argument that she is "Bush's mouthpiece", then GWB may well advance her as his successor. As a practical matter, that means she has in place the political machinery devised and honed by Rove over the last 2 elections, a machine which is far superior than any other GOP hopeful can hope to assemble.

IF GWB is grooming her as his replacement, and if she wants to run, and most importantly, if the economy and world order is in good stead in 2007-2008, she will win.

I get it that she's got an "in" at the White House, but Bush is not consulting her on tax policy, social security, judical moninations, the budget, medicare, faith-based policy....see where I'm going? She has no experience in any of these areas. Do you want your next president to learn on the fly?

Do you think Bush is going to rest his legacy promoting Condi to succeed him when she has no experience leading anything?

We will still be in Iraq in 2007-2008 and Iran and China will certainly be issues by then. Even if she wants it, she's not getting past Iowa because of these and the life issue.

But I'll say this, you're persistent.