Yeah, you are right about Ann, but it is still a dream if just to see her debate the Hellary Monster. Condi would be an awesome candidate but I highly doubt she is going to run, she just seems very against it.
Oh man, she would just make the ultimate candidate, can you imagine? Not only the first female President, but also the first African American President. It would drive liberals up the freggin` wall, they wouldn`t know what to say, like you said it would probably finish them off.
I was looking for info on her running, check out this site:
http://www.rice2008.com/
If she is even remotely interested it only makes sense to pretend she's utterly NOT. Otherwise the media and the opposition would be planning and researching for the battle. Why give out useful intell before you have to show your cards?
Here's one potential scenario that could still play out: After the first of the year, 2007, Cheney resigns citing "ongoing health problems" -- no lie there -- and Condi is nominated as the VP. That gives her incumbency status and the automatic lead in any race. She gets several months to take on a higher vis role, with assignments that might wander into the realm of actual decision making....something beyond the normal doldrums accorded the VP.
Suddenly Condi is accorded super Rock Star status...no longer a policy wonk....very tough for the RATs to assail without appearing overtly racist by their own already fragmented base......