If you're using the telegenic & glib, then we'd have to put Gingrich, North, Allen, Bush, and Cheney up there....all of whom know how to handle a camera and a microphone at the same time.
Thanks, that is what I was getting at. To say, for example, that Bush is more telegenic and glib than Rice is just not true. I've watched both extensively. So, why do people think Dr. Rice to be "not glib"?.
Whether it's true, or not, the color of her skin/gender will be assumed to be the reason.
I believe that Rice could revolutionize the republican party and open up bridges that have never before been posssible. I further believe that this is more intimidating, than appealing to much of the old guard.