When Texas Congressman Dick Armey was asked if he would have resigned had he been Bill Clinton, he responded that he would have had no chance to resign as he would have been lying in a pool of his own blood; listening to Mrs Armey asking "how do you reload this d**n thing."
Mrs. Armey understands, as Rush would say,"that we live in a world dominated by the aggressive use of force..." I think Lady Thatcher and Dr. Rice understand this.
Reagan was divorced and he was electable...Hitlery is unelectable because it is obvious that everything she does is a calculation...a manipulation. If your reality is powerful, you don't have to rely on creating a "Willing suspension of disbelief" as part of your "persona", in fact, you don't have to "adopt" a persona. There is no substitute for charater.
BTW- single, pro-choice Dr. Rice is having her name bandied about as a GOP up and comer. There are many republicans n love with the idea that the first woman president and the first black president will be a republican. Do we sell our souls in the name of inclusion?
Twenty years ago conservatives voted for Ronald Reagan in droves.