Thanks, Marple. Good to see you back in fine form.
There are some weasels out there who try to declare themselves to be the "gatekeepers" of the Republican Party. They are manifestly not. In every poll in which Rice has been a part of, she's either won it, or she's come damned close to winning it. There was a straw up in Minnesota of Republican activists a week ago. Rice won that going away, beating Rudy by 10 points. Don't think that her people don't know about this stuff.
Rice will not only run in 2008, she will win. That Larry King interview in which the gun right's issue came out of the blue? That's called talking to the base. She knows what she's doing when she does that. Do any of you know what happened on NRA blogs when she did that? They went nuts! They love her. And they vote Republican. And she knows this.
And here's a prediction; her position on the Life issue will be a federalist position, one which the party can accept and run on. She'll whip Hillary's ass.
So let all the gloomy gus types bitch and moan about how Condi has no support. I happen to know that the reality is 180 degrees different.
Be Seeing You,
Chris