Posted on 02/24/2015 10:07:18 AM PST by smokingfrog
The Black Conservatives Fund wants to draft former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for a Senate bid in 2016, as they argue she represents the GOPs best chance to win a Senate seat in deep-blue California.
The group sent out a fundraising email to supporters Tuesday morning asking for donations to encourage the former diplomat, who now teaches at Stanford University, to run for the open seat.
Rice has repeatedly said she wont run, but the latest Field Poll on the race showed shed be a formidable candidate if she changes her mind. It found her with 49 percent of the vote, compared to 46 percent for Attorney General Kamala Harris, the Democrat now seen as the races front-runner.
Condi is a true American success story. Her father was a minister. Shes an accomplished pianist, diplomat, and a role model for millions, the Black Conservatives Fund says in its fundraising email.
But the best news of all is that if she runs, she can steal Californias U.S. Senate seat from the Democrats.
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Black Conservatives.
Isn’t that an oxymoron?
Doesn’t matter to who or what they draft. I have decided to follow the lead of our black brethren and vote for a white candidate. Racial pride, ya Know.
She might be good as a Senetrix from California.
Tell that to Allen West.
I agree completely about certain folks’ one issue litmus tests. Some would rather have Democrats sitting for six years on Senate committees than Republicans who might vote the right way 75% of the time. They want 100% or nothing and in a State like California we get 0%. But while I think she could possibly be one of the very few Republicans electable to Federal office from California, I would be very surprised if Prof. Rice is at all interested in the idea.
“She DID vote for the Kenyan.”
That is all I needed to know! n/s
Much like those who didn’t vote for Romney, as a protest. The last two years of Obama will render this country unrecognizable from our former great country. We wouldn’t be facing Net Neutrality, Deferred Deportation, a Nuclear Iran, etc. , etc., etc. But those on FR, who refused to support Romney, are still proud of their non-decision. And I am scathed whenever I bring that up.
Too liberal for my tastes, but better than any known RAT alternative.
There’s a ‘Black Conservatives Fund’???
WHY?
She is a big supporter of the second amendment so I would love to see her win and change some of the laws here.
How do you know she voted for Obama? I looked on the internet and saw this, “She never said who she planned to vote for, but had hinted broadly that she would support McCain by repeatedly stressing that she is a Republican.”
I don't think she ever said that. As the secretary of state she didn't say who she voted for and as secretary of state, she congratulated Obama on his win. She went on to say that she thought the fact that the country could elect an African-American was a sign of progress, but she never actually said she voted for him, so far as I know. You can make your own guess how she voted, but it's not a proven thing one way or the other.
Condi is a very intelligent woman. I imagine she is quite sad at how inept the ‘first black pResident’ has been. I think Condi loves America, so she can see clearly that L4B does not.
Never ever vote for a baby killer.
Beats Botox Boxorocks by a mile.
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