[Notforprophet]

Where's the barf alert? Condi Rice is where she is today because of hard work, and character. Race has nothing to do with it! The writer is so eager to recall Goldwater... what about recalling Senator Byrd - the only member of Congress to have been a member of the KKK?

[Atchafalaya]

Hard work and appreciates "Gatemouth" Brown. Doesn't get any better.

[sneakypete]

Race has nothing to do with it!

Of course it does. While they can be no doubt of her intelligence or abilities,there can also be no doubt that her race is worth "bonus points". We are all just lucky that in this case it is incidental.