One way the GOP could counteract her in respect to "bullying a woman", would be to run Condoleeza. Even if they don't expect her to win nomination at first, I think just running her at all takes the "woman president" novelty away (I don't consider this last election's woman candidate any more than the MSM will, they will act as though Hill/Bill is first LEGITIMATE woman presidential candidate.)
The MSM has had a lot of practice at insulting, bullying and not respecting Condi, how much worse could it get for her? But, there is prolly an abundance of material to use against Her Hillness.
How do you feel about Dick Morris saying this week that he doesn't see any GOP candidate that could win the GOP primary AND beat Hill/Bill? Does he know what he's talking about, in this instance?
I don't put much stock in Morris' early analysis of 08. For a supposed expert, he accepted Bush's clearly over-stated performance with Hispanics much to readily, and apparently is one of the few people who hasn't accepted that it was indeed overstated by the first exit polling data.
Morris is generally right that demographics are making things harder and harder for the GOP, but in my opinion it will take a few more cycles before a liberal has a natural electoral advantage. Its true, of course, that Kerry did uncomfortably well for such a leftwinger, but I think in the absence of Iraq, Bush would have clobbered him. I think if the economy is doing well, if the deficit is under control, if the situation in Iraq is at least mostly stabilized, and if no terrorist attack occurs under Bush's watch (thereby undercutting the GOP advantage on the issue); then I think a decent GOP candidate should be able to beat Hillary.
Rice is probably too liberal on social issues, though I dont' know that for sure.