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I like Dr. Rice because she is brilliant and accomplished, particularly in the international arena since, as you suggest, we may be "in an all-out shooting war with Islam by then."

Then how come no one is crying "Bush/Wolfowitz in 2004"?

Dr. Rice is indeed brilliant and accomplished, but if she were a white male she would just be another one among 500 brilliant and accomplished defense policy analysts, mostly white men. She is not a politician and has no particular qualifications to be President, other than that many Republicans think she can neutralize a potential tidal wave of female and black votes for Hillary Clinton. I'm not so sure Dr. Rice can do that - too many blacks already think she is a freak show act who is "unrepresentative" of their community, and the kind of women who think Hillary is wonderful will disdain her candidacy.

"Then how come no one is crying 'Bush/Wolfowitz in 2004'?"

Actually, I have suggested Rumsfeld/Rice in 2008, although Rumsfeld might be too old.

The difference between Wolfowitz and Rice is this: I haven't been watching Wolfowitz since before the 2000 election, and have been watching Rice. Wolfowitz may very well be equally brilliant and accomplished, but I haven't reached a personal certainty regarding him.