RICE 2008?

"The Far Right likes Condolezza Rice because she makes Colin Powell look like Malcolm X"

In 2004 we saw the Illinois GOP travel to Maryland for an African-American, Alan Keyes, to run against Obama. Is it out of the question to think the National GOP will want a women, Condoleezza Rice, to run against Sen. Clinton in 2008? Last summer at the College Democrats of America annual convention, former DNC chairmen Terry McAullife said his money was on Hillary Clinton and it appears as if Rove & Co feel the same.

'In the new book…'Strategery' by Bill Sammon, Karl Rove is quoted as saying: 'Anybody who thinks that she's [Clinton] not going to be the candidate is kidding themselves.'" (CNN.com)

"'What they're hoping is that all of their missteps, which are now numbering in the hundreds, are going to somehow be overlooked because people, instead of focusing on the '06 election, will jump ahead and think about the next one,' said Clinton, D-New York." (CNN.com)

Up until recently I, having read articles in Newsweek and Time, thought 2008 was going to be a battle of moderates, Clinton vs. McCain. But I should have known better. The Far Right is not going to let moderate Republicans gain power. But with no prominent leaders they will try to create one as they did with Bush, Jr.

In the current Time Magazine a panel is asked about Cheney's legacy after the hunting accident. Robert Dallek, presidential historian, had this to say, 'I can imagine the Bush Administration, at some point, encouraging Cheney to step down on the pretense that his health is poor, and that would leave Bush the possibility of anointing his successor.'
Rice, a Bush crony since Texas, rose to Secretary of State when Powell jumped the stinking ship. In my opinion, she is a candidate for Vice President if Cheney steps down and President when the Bush term ends. I am not the only one with this prediction. Yesterday I saw in Bloomington a bumper sticker that read 'RICE 2008.'

Those who say Rice is not nearly as popular as McCain are right, but since when has politics been about popularity? Whereas McCain is a maverick, Rice, like Bush, has proven herself loyal to the Far Right. McCain, who sold his soul for a ’08 party nomination, will lose because he is too old and poor, especially compared to a young Rice with Big Business in her purse.



-Brendan Sullivan
ISU College Democrat

ps.
If Rice, an African-American, wins in 2008 she would be a good match against our Obama in 2012. Today’s date is February 28th 2006. If any of this happens remember you heard it here first.