Posted on 07/12/2012 5:24:56 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Did you loathe and detest the Bush administration? If so, you'd probably say its ideas were horrible and their execution worse. Did you not loathe and detest the Bush administration? In that case, you might say its ideas were pretty good—only the execution often left something to be desired.
Now the person who did much of the executing tops a list of names to be Mitt Romney's running mate. A mid-April CNN poll finds that former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has unmatched name recognition and a favorable rating of 80% among GOP voters. She's also the person Republicans would most like to see on the ticket, with 26% to runner-up Rick Santorum's 21%. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio tie for third place at 14%.
The political appeal of Romney-Rice is obvious. Here are two seasoned and reassuring presences who seem to complement each other in all the right ways. He's the business whiz; she's the foreign-policy wonk. His government experience is in the statehouse; hers in Washington and foreign capitals. He's the un-Obama; she's the un-Palin. He's the world's whitest white man; she isn't. That could even count for something if President Obama decides to dump Joe Biden for Hillary Clinton.
There's only one problem. Ms. Rice was a bad national security adviser and a bad secretary of state. She was on the wrong side of some of the administration's biggest internal policy fights. She had a tendency to flip-flop when it came to the president's core priorities and her political misjudgment more than once cost Mr. Bush dearly. She was a muddler of differences at the national security council. Her tenure at State was notable mainly for the degree to which the bureaucracy ran her, not the other way around.
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
Condi is smart, articulate, attractive, charming, loyal, black, and female. She is a perfect republican candidate for anything. She personally embraces some values that are not perfectly conservatively, but, unlike Powell, she manages to do her job without wearing her politics on her sleeve.
Ms. Rice will be a great VP. She will outsmart whoever happens to be sitting across the table from her. She will charm the press and the world.
What, she wouldn’t look good at foreign funerals?
Via twitter:
@robertcostaNRO: Top Romney source tells me “no Condi.” More: Romney wants someone more comfortable in ‘attack dog’ mode”
crosspatch on July 12, 2012 at 8:40 PM
Didn’t she vote for Barry last time?
Found this on the web. Not my words. You be the judge.
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“According to her biographer, Washington Post diplomatic correspondent Glenn Kessler, the never married Rice shares ownership of a house as well as a line of credit with a female documentary filmmaker, a liberal Democrat named Randy Bean.”
“Digging through real estate records, Kessler discovered the pair’s co-ownership of a property in Palo Alto, California as well as a joint line of credit with a bank, an arrangement Bean has explained unconvincingly as relating to medical bills that left her financially drained.”
“It’s possible that others previously investigating Rice’s background came across the joint ownership of the investment property and the bank account but assumed the name “Randy” belonged to a man.”
“Rice once told a reporter that Bean is her closest female friend and that they bonded over their mutual love of football.”
Affirmative action has worked out so well for the Presidency. Let’s give it a try for the Vice Presidency too!
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Condi would be a good running mate for Colin Powell.
..."First there was Condoleeza Rice, a classic RINO. Her tenure was marred by the fact that she brought to the White House some of most misguided anticonservative liberals - both Republican and Democrat. She and the president failed to understand the strategic principle of government that picking the wrong people results in the wrong policies." ...
I like the lady too but Brewer had that “senior moment” on tape which would be played ad infinitum by the ‘rats. Unfair, I know, but realistically, a concern.
Most of us here knew exactly what obama is.
I find it hard to believe that someone in her position, considering her access, wouldn't have a much clearer picture.
Instead, she comes across as almost schoolgirl giddy.
She must have gotten a tingle from the Presidential crease of his pants that blinded her common sense or something...
As for Condi, she brings the foreign policy block that Romney needs. She also brings the pro abort, pali loving, interventionist mindset of the gop. And, as I believe, she is a lesbian. Not exactly the type needed to lead America.
I’ll pass on Condi. We need a conservative on the ticket. Good favorable ratings or not, she brings nothing to Romney’s ticket that isn’t already there, unless the establishment needs more inspiration.
agree
BUMP!!
If Romney picks Condi that will cement it for me that he is a complete idiot and is not serious about winning...she is a liberal joke...hey just pick John McCain’s daughter, Meagan...same thing...Condi...a female John Roberts...it will prove Romney continues to listen to Carl Rove and is totally out of touch and lacks common sense...a Republican FDR in the making....
I never liked Colin Powell. Knew he was a phony from the get-go.
Condi otoh is likeable. She's truly accomplished, and lovely too.
But she would be a terrible pick for VP. She is most definitely not a conservative; and as the WSJ points out, she was not a good foreign policy advisor SOS for President Bush.
Paul Ryan is by far the best qualified choice for VP. Romney should not worry about ridicule of a Romny/Ryan ticket as "two white guys." He is not going to win a significant number of votes of black people, no matter what.
This looks like a slight of hand move...I hope it is anyway. IMO Romney has decided if the MSM wants to talk he’ll give them the topic of his choosing.
Why not just get Dukakis lol.
Listen, when Reagan was nominated, the Est. absolutely demanded a Moderate E type and we got Bush, which was a disaster for the future of the Party.
Now we get a Moderate E as nominee and the first person they put forth is a liberal moderate.
How much slapping to the face do they think we will take?
If this is the pick, we are getting 4 more years, 3 more SC Justices and ObamaCareTax to form the strategic Triad with Social Security and Medicare.
Are they trying to lose or are they just stupid?
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