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Dick Morris: 'Condi vs. Hillary'
The New York Times ^ | December 25, 2005 | DICK MORRIS and EILEEN McGANN

Posted on 12/24/2005 1:49:13 PM PST by presidio9

I, Hillary Rodham Clinton, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, so help me God."

On January 20, 2009, at precisely noon, the world will witness the inauguration of the forty-fourth president of the United States. As the chief justice administers the oath of office on the flag-draped podium in front of the U.S. Capitol, the first woman president, Hillary Rodham Clinton, will be sworn into office. By her side, smiling broadly and holding the family Bible, will be her chief strategist, husband, and copresident, William Jefferson Clinton.

If the thought of another Clinton presidency excites you, then the future indeed looks bright. Because, as of this moment, there is no doubt that Hillary Clinton is on a virtually uncontested trajectory to win the Democratic nomination and, very likely, the 2008 presidential election. She has no serious opposition in her party. More important, a majority of all American voters - 52 percent - now supports her candidacy.

But her victory is not inevitable. There is one, and only one, figure in America who can stop Hillary Clinton: Secretary of State Condoleezza "Condi" Rice. Among all of the possible Republican candidates for president, Condi alone could win the nomination, defeat Hillary

Condoleezza Rice, in fact, poses a mortal threat to Hillary's success. With her broad-based appeal to voters outside the traditional Republican base, Condi has the potential to cause enough major defections from the Democratic Party to create serious erosion among Hillary's core voters. She attracts the same female, African American, and Hispanic voters who embrace Hillary, while still maintaining the support of conventional Republicans.

This is a race Condi can win.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bookreview; condi; condivshillary; condoleezzarice; dickmorris; jezebel
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To: presidio9

The New Year is when we must start working at putting Hillary down. We can't wait until the 2006 elections are over....we have to do it NOW! We can't wait for her to get her foot in the door, as then there won't any stopping her and theres too many Hillary worshippers out there that think she can walk on water that have to be convinced that she's like a very contagious disease that spreads radidly and kills.
I'm praying that Peter Paul's case against her will balloon so the MSM can't ignore it as they have been doing up till now, and that both shedevil and slick will be put where they both belong......behind bars for a very long time.



61 posted on 12/24/2005 2:31:36 PM PST by AmeriBrit (HILLARY's1974 Watergate Crimes: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/925684/posts)
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To: presidio9

You put it in a nutshell. Freepers who don't consider abortion to be all that important should understand that there are tens of millions of people who voted Republican in the last three elections who DO think it is important.

A lot of these people have stayed home in past elections and simply not bothered to vote. They would do so again. So, if you want a firm military leader in the war on terror, or if you want someone who will defend our borders, or if you want someone who will cut taxes, then you have to be prepared to understand that you won't get any of those things unless the candidate is supported by religious conservatives. There's no way a Republican can win election without them.

And these people are not just being stupid or unrealistic. After all, the right to life is the most basic right of all, and the Supreme Court's passage of Roe v. Wade has made mincemeat of the rule of constitutional law in this country. It's the cornerstone of judicial tyranny.


62 posted on 12/24/2005 2:34:54 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: M203M4; HitmanNY
So when you accuse her of being an abortionist you mean something other than that she is an abortionist. Correct?

63 posted on 12/24/2005 2:39:14 PM PST by I see my hands (Until this civil war heats up.. have a nice day.)
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To: presidio9
Morris is in error on this one.

Dr. Rice has never been a candidate in a political election. To do so for the top office would be daunting, at best. One major political misstep and the GOP is washed up for at least 4 years.

Additionally, all the patrionage toward Dr. Rice currently reminds me of a similar wave of support for a certain Colin Powell to run in 00. Many, after his not-so-illustrious career as SoS, are grateful and glad that he did not run. What are Dr. Rice's principals and what would her politicial policies be? So far, she had been a good 'employee' doing what her 'boss' wants. We have no idea of her personal independent beliefs. Without further testing (the election cycle) and finding out more, Dr. Rice is politically empty.

Without further definition of Dr. Rice, Morris's anointing of her as the ONLY viable candidate who can defeat Hillary is highly suspect--mainly because we do not know Dr. Rice's core beliefs and her own personal political philosophy.

That is one reason for primaries. Can hClinton survive the primaries? Can Dr. Rice?

hClinton has many loyalists who would vote for her or even try to re-elect Impeached and Disgraced X42. But are there enough. hClinton is alienating the Deanic wing of the party, and hClinton knows from hubby's experience, that she can only win by gardering a centrist position. Will the Deaniacs support her as a centrist or will they stay home or vote for zombie Nadar?

The GOP primaries will somewhat resemble the 00 Democrat primaries. Remember the debates stage with nearly a dozen wannabes? They went from leftist to wacko to bizarre. So far, an ever-increasing list of GOPpers are hinting or are being hinted at: Rice (she said 'no, definitely no' to Russert), Allen, Romney, Patacki, Guliani, McCain, Lindsey (or somebody's, any body's VP), Huckabee, Hagel, Gingrich, Cheney, Owens, Lott, Barbour, Frist...a baker's dozen plus 2.

For the Dems, one would have to defeat hClinton to get the top spot. She is the one to beat.

For the GOP, it would be a replay--on the opposite side--of the least viable candidate standing. That's how Kerry got it in 00. Which GOPpers will melt down, which will explode, which will run out of support (money), which will cave, which will crash and burn. And whomever is left standing is the candidate by default -- unless one of the baker's dozen +2 can shine in the early primaries to capture the nod -- keeping in mind that that one will probably be facing hClinton in November 08. So that poses a secondary question. Which of the last-standing GOPpers has what it would take to defeat hClinton in a head-to-head?
64 posted on 12/24/2005 2:40:11 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: saganite

So, at some point after the dems "review" the report, will it be made public? Why aren't high profile Reps demanding its release? What is the reason it is still secret?


65 posted on 12/24/2005 2:45:00 PM PST by uscabjd ( a)
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To: uscabjd

A couple of our splendid Republican Senators did the Democrats bidding and locked up the damning parts of the report. There's an outside chance the entire report will be published eventually but the chances are slim. Hillary has essentially dodged a political bullet thanks to her sycophants in the Dem party and a few obliging Republican idiots.


66 posted on 12/24/2005 2:50:54 PM PST by saganite (The poster formerly known as Arkie 2)
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To: I see my hands; HitmanNY

Why are you two so concerned with semantics. The important thing is that a Republican candidate who is not on the record as pro-life can not win the election.

Think about it: Could a pro-life democrat win?


67 posted on 12/24/2005 2:51:00 PM PST by presidio9 (Islam Is As Islam Does)
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To: presidio9

Haley Barbour.


68 posted on 12/24/2005 2:53:27 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (© 2005, Ravin' Lunatic since 4/98)
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To: indcons

People need to keep in mind that this guy is a toe-sucking freak. His predictions are less reliable as a prognostication tool than a coin-flip. The last time I paid any attention to him at all was in 2000. He said, during the November Florida chad-counting fiasco, that Bush should concede the election to Gore.


69 posted on 12/24/2005 2:55:41 PM PST by StockAyatollah
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To: presidio9
"Why are you.. ..so concerned with semantics?"

You are wrong when you insinuate semantics are my concern. Facts are my concern. Is she an abortionist? A two or three letter answer is fine.

Have A Cool Yule!!


70 posted on 12/24/2005 3:09:59 PM PST by I see my hands (Until this civil war heats up.. have a nice day.)
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To: I see my hands

If you honestly need to know whether or not Dr. Rice has ever actually performed an abortion you probably don't know enough about her to have an opinion on her feasibility as a presidential candidate.

I suspect this is not the case, which is why I accused you of getting distracted by semantics.

I further suspect that the opinion of the original poster who called Dr. Rice an "abortionist" does not differentiate those who perform abortions from politicians who facilitate their work. In that sense, you are right. Dr. Rice has never been in a position to facilitate abortions. Nevertheless, you would have to agree that a pro-abortion president is in a unique position to do just that. Which is why so many conservative for whom abortion is the key issue would fail to be excited by her candidacy.


71 posted on 12/24/2005 3:17:28 PM PST by presidio9 (Islam Is As Islam Does)
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To: coconutt2000
She has so many skeletons in her closets, so many scandals, so many image problems that she has to be insane to get into a political contest where her opponents will be just as megalomaniacal, egotistical, and ambitious as her.

Sigh. Heven't we learned anything about politics in the US, when it comes to democrats?

It doesn't matter how big a creep Hillary is. Skeletons don't matter. Image problems don't matter. Baggage doesn't matter.

Oh, just wait until people hear about this skandal! Then nobody will ever vote for her!

BS. People will be lining up to vote for her. Just watch.

73 posted on 12/24/2005 3:22:48 PM PST by poindexter
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To: I see my hands; presidio9
Hillary is most definitely pro-abortion.

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74 posted on 12/24/2005 3:25:15 PM PST by Bon mots
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To: presidio9; rdb3
With her broad-based appeal to voters outside the traditional Republican base, Condi has the potential to cause enough major defections from the Democratic Party

She can garner the black vote? That's it? That's the best they can come up with?

75 posted on 12/24/2005 3:27:10 PM PST by FOG724 (http://nationalgrange.org/legislation/phpBB2/index.php)
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To: presidio9
Is Condilisa Rice an abortionist?

Have A Cool Yule!!


76 posted on 12/24/2005 3:30:32 PM PST by I see my hands (Until this civil war heats up.. have a nice day.)
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To: presidio9

I'm still not buying that hitlery can beat anyone. We have yet to see who will win the GOP primary and a lot of things will change by 2008. We still have George Allen, my personal favorite for the GOP. Unless another better conservative runs, he's the one for this voter. I don't think any of the RINOS has a chance and it's not clear if hitlery can even pull off her own rat victory.


77 posted on 12/24/2005 3:30:38 PM PST by goresalooza (Nurses Rock!)
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To: I see my hands
Is Condilisa Rice an abortionist?

(your answer here)

78 posted on 12/24/2005 3:34:11 PM PST by presidio9 (Islam Is As Islam Does)
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To: indcons

"The toesucker is merely trying to peddle his books."

I'm with you on that...hitlery is going nowhere, IMO. She's so far gone with her internal polling nationwide that she is trying desperately to revamp the dim caucus to start in another state, not Iowa. Seriously! She wants it to be in a more hitlery-friendly state which will nominate her outright.


79 posted on 12/24/2005 3:34:40 PM PST by goresalooza (Nurses Rock!)
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