Run Condi, Run!
Dick Morris suggest To stop Hillary, draft Condi. He might be on to something. Condoleesa Rice seems to be on a roll, and is enjoying a newfound popularity. Timing is everything, and she is positioned to succeed. Democracy is taking root in the middle east, Israel and Palestine seeking a real peace, and Europe is talking about mending fences.As she tours the continent after her Senate confirmation, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is like a rock star, her every movement, her every meeting
covered by an adoring media.
America's first black female secretary of state is doing in public what she has always done in private, speaking frankly about America's priorities and the realities of the post-Cold War world. As she jokes with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, loosening up his dogmatic anti-American policies, lectures Russia about freedom and warns Israel of tough decisions ahead, one thing is obvious: A star is being born.
Traveling without the entourage customary for secretaries of state, on time, mapping out in advance her first six months of travel, Rice is a new force in American
politics.
As the Republican Party casts about for a viable presidential candidate in 2008 to keep Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) out of the WhiteHouse, attention will inevitably focus on Rice, the woman who may stand between Clinton and the presidency.
Since Bush's success in Iraq has laid the basis for negotiation in the Middle East, there is every prospect that Rice may preside over a diplomatic triumph in catalyzing the discussions between Sharon and Abbas. The firm American stand in Iraq will also make more likely success in Korea and Iran, all of which would add to the prestige of Rice.
Moriss' enthusiam might be tainted for his dislike of Hillary Clinton, as his book has so clearly laid out.
The political fact is that a Rice candidacy would destroy the electoral
chances of the Democratic Party by undermining its demographic base. John Kerry
got 54 percent of his vote from three groups that, together, account for about a
third of the American electorate: African-Americans, Hispanics and single white
women. Rice would cut deeply into any Democrat's margin among these three groups and would, most especially, deny Clinton the strong support she would otherwise
receive from each of them.
A couple of problems though. Condi hasn't expressed any interest in running, and she has never run for political office before. I am not sure a Draft movement could work today as it did in 1952. However, there is at least one website that is trying to raise money, and support for a draft Rice campian, and at least one Precinct Chair that is willing to throw support. Not everyone is thrilled with the prospect, although Boxer and Kennedy are in good company
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