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March 26, 2008 11:58 AM

Is Rice Positioning Herself As A Possible Veep Pick?

Posted by Brian Montopoli
(AP)
There is a tantalizing new tidbit in the speculation over who will be John McCain's vice presidential pick: Steve Clemons reports that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is speaking at a high-powered Republican gathering run by Grover Norquist this morning.

Why is this significant? According to Clemons' tipster: "Someone like Condi Rice doesn't go to Grover Norquist's den to talk about the Annapolis Middle East peace process. She's going to secure her future in Republican politics and to position herself as a 'potential' VP candidate on the McCain ticket."

McCain's veep pick will come under particular scrutiny because of his age – he would be 72 when sworn in, the oldest president ever to enter the office. That fact has led to speculation that McCain will choose a young running mate – possibly, as the Associated Press reported yesterday, 47-year-old Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty.

McCain has other considerations as well, however. Conservatives skeptical of McCain are looking for him to pick someone to shore up their support – perhaps former rival Mitt Romney, with whom, it's worth noting, he had an acrimonious relationship on the campaign trail. Other names on thought to be on the short list include another former rival, Mike Huckabee, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, and South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford.
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by mattcat25 March 26, 2008 1:39 PM PDT
Condoleeza %u201CMUSHROOM CLOUD!%u201D Rice as Vice President?
Is this the Bush Administration dij` vu?
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by mattcat25 March 26, 2008 1:48 PM PDT
If you like war, corruption, deaths and destruction.
You must love the GOP2008.

A vote for John McCain is a vote for war,

High energy costs
Higher costs of living
High health care costs and prescription drugs
Higher taxes for the middle class and lower taxes for the very wealthy
High government spending
Lack of public programs, infrastructure maintenance, and education

We%u2019ve already experienced these policies during the Bush/Cheney administration,
Did I mention endless war?
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by Gary Kempf March 26, 2008 1:51 PM PDT
Oh isn''t this a surprise, Someone that has all the personality of a dead tree being VP of the republican party. Well its not entirely something new, this one just would wear a skirt. Better watch your back John McCain, she would take you out in a heart beat, so she could be the President. So think hard on this one for V.P.
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by scottmon71 March 26, 2008 2:51 PM PDT
I think it''s funny how librals can come on this page and post negitive comments about possible vp canadiats when ther party can''t even come up with a nominee. Besides a vote for either billary or what''s his name would mean nothing short of higher taxes for everyone and more pork spending.
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by stn_sage March 26, 2008 3:27 PM PDT
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!
As head of NSA, she was ''asleep at the wheel'' in the months leading up to 911, ignoring rpts/info being passed to her from underlings!
As Secretary of State, she''s helped Bush push his unholy war!
NO, I don''t think she''s qualified!
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by b-easy63 March 26, 2008 3:32 PM PDT
I said I''d vote for McCain if Hillary gets the nom but with a caveat--not if Huckabee the far right preacher--was on the ticket--now I have to add, that I will not go for McCain if Rice is on the ticket. No architect of the Iraq war should ever get near to power ever again. If Hillary gets the nom from the Dems, and McCain runs with Rice--guess for the first time in decades, I''ll sit this one out.
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by stn_sage March 26, 2008 3:45 PM PDT
Next to Donald Rumsfeld, she''s arguably the biggest ''foul up'' in the Bush administration! The only reason she''s stayed on---presumably, is that she can keep her mouth shut when it comes to all the illegal stuff this administration has done!

NO, failure borne of deceit, should never qualify anyone to be president OR vice-president!

Put her on the ticket and see how many people vote for it!
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by stn_sage March 26, 2008 3:50 PM PDT
If I was paranoid---and I''m not---I''d swear CBSnews and the author of this story---Brian Montopoli?---were trying to sneak up on me and give me a heart attack! Golly gee, don''t DO that! It''s not funny! :)
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by mudrose-2009 March 26, 2008 4:17 PM PDT
I''d be very surprised if Condi decided to run on the ticket. It''s just not like her. But what I have found most curious is the fact that this country has never acknowledged Condi who is both black and a woman as holding one of the highest offices - Secretary of State - in any Administration. She has quite a resume. So I tend to find Hillary and Barack as being neither novel or innovative.
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by jsilver2th March 26, 2008 4:26 PM PDT
Great news for Obama!

What will all the crackers do?

They won''t whether to S or GB!

No one can be more responsible for the foreign policy failure or closely tied to El Presidente...
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by b-easy63 March 26, 2008 4:34 PM PDT
But what I have found most curious is the fact that this country has never acknowledged Condi who is both black and a woman as holding one of the highest offices - Secretary of State - in any Administration. She has quite a resume. So I tend to find Hillary and Barack as being neither novel or innovative.

Posted by mudrose at 04:17 PM : Mar 26, 2008


If you think in terms of gender or race--then you have a point, but if you think in terms of each persons character and message as well as the office they are pursuing and how--then Hillary and Obama ARE making history. The thing about other races, that many whites do not know--is that these races really do not want special treatment--they want the same treatment. But they know without special programs or gov. stepping in, they are not likely to get that. For Condileeza Rice or Collin Powell or Barack or Gonzalez or Richardson--the worst thing you can do is trot them out like a pony bragging about how the GOP or the Dems placed one of their kind in a higher position of power. "Their kind" They are just people, just like we are. So when they are really equal, their color won''t come up, their ethnicity or gender won''t come up, their character will be the thing and the job that they hold--that''s when we as Americans will know we are licking the racial/sexist hurdle, when WE stop thinking, measuring and judging each other in those terms.
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by rushlimpdrug March 26, 2008 4:50 PM PDT

She''s done.
It''s over for her.
We don''t need a super reetard
doing anything to us anymore.
Give her a medal, an award anything,
then send her happy azzz home.
Thank you.
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by chitown639 March 26, 2008 5:09 PM PDT
That will be a losing ticket for the repubs. A lot of people were planning to vote for McCain because they have a problem voting for a woman or a black man. But if McCain chose a black woman as his VP then those folks will just sit this election out.....
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by forthepeopl1 March 26, 2008 5:30 PM PDT
I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEAR FOR MCCSHAME TO HAVE HER..THAT WOULD PUT A END TO HIM AND HER FOR ONCE, WHAT A JOKE SHE IS I WOULD BE WORRIE AND BE LOOKING BEHIND ME EACH AND EVER DAY THAT GOES BY, SHE IS THE SAME AS BUSH/CHENENY/ROVE/RUMSFELD AND THE REST OF THE SCUM
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by johnwstone March 26, 2008 5:50 PM PDT
The potential of Condi for VP is a bombshell to Democrats for obvious reasons---they get over-trumped with a most competent female who just happens to be black. The Dems are going to squeal like stuck pigs and their only answer is to bring out madeup or generalized stereotypical slings and arrows. Elizabeth Dole would make a good choice as well but she can''t match up to Condi.
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by boatdocster March 26, 2008 5:55 PM PDT
Rice could not find her way out of a wet paper bag.

Look at the total lack of any accomplishments in the last 7 years!

Why would McCain want this retreat loser on his ticket??
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by godofredo29 March 26, 2008 6:11 PM PDT
On the democratic side, the vice presidential candidate is going to be Nancy Pelosi.
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by random_radar March 26, 2008 6:12 PM PDT
Despite all the venom, the best counter a white male candidate has to the black male white female ticket is a black female. It would be an ingenious reshuffling of the race and s e x hand.
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by jonswift2 March 26, 2008 6:16 PM PDT
On the Dem side the VP will be Sheryl Crow, she has already passed the commander-in-chief test in Bosnia
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by formrusmcsgt March 26, 2008 6:43 PM PDT
Rice even being considered as a VP candidate is absurd.

She couldn''t even fill one of Colin Powell''s shoes at State.....
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by bdribus March 26, 2008 6:48 PM PDT
Huckabee: best choice

Rice, Sanford: OK

Pawlenty, Romney, Crist: RINOs
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by airhawk191 March 26, 2008 6:53 PM PDT
https://www.dwpolitics.com/Romney_VP_.html

Article tells it perfectly. Romney should be the choice. Rice isn''t bad. But Romney is the top choice.
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by phillysage March 26, 2008 6:54 PM PDT
I am a Hillary Clinton supporter and lifelong Democrat. But I am also one of the 28% of Hillary supporters who would vote for McCain should we make the mistake of nominating Obama. The choice of Rice by McCain would show that, unlike Obama, he is not a sexist misogynist.
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by ajayvee March 26, 2008 7:01 PM PDT
I would have nominated Colin Powell for VP were it not for his infamous afternoon of lies to the UN. Too bad, I never thought he would stoop to that sh*t for a paycheque.
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by kansas1946 March 26, 2008 7:01 PM PDT
Great idea. Put the face of Bush''s failed policies right on McCain''s ticket. Grand idea.
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by shawnhussey March 26, 2008 7:32 PM PDT
Senator McCain should act in a moral way when choosing his running-mate and select a pro-life candidate.The GOP has been a pro-life party for many years and has won a multitude of elections endorsing this sacred right.The Republican Party has millions of pro-life adherents and if a pro-choice vice-presidential candidate was chosen,it would split the party.I deeply believe in the right to life and that is an enormous reason why I will vote for him in the general election.I think he will stand by his principles and select a pro-life candidate for Vice-President.
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by emelder March 26, 2008 7:37 PM PDT
Rice would be an excellent choice for McCann ... she''s disciplined, tough, tremendously capable. In fact, she''d make a far more effective President than Billary! I''m supporting Obama, but I like Rice a lot!
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by rowdytexan2 March 26, 2008 7:45 PM PDT
Please not Condi Rice, all she knows is oil! There has to be some other really great black female, or any female, but NOT Condi Rice.
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by shawnhussey March 26, 2008 7:48 PM PDT
The Republicans have won five out of the last seven presidential elections supporting pro-life principles.The GOP''s pro-life agenda is primary reason I became a Republican.I hope and believe Senator McCain will stand by the Republican Party''s pro-life principles by selecting a vice-presidential candidate who supports the right to life.It is the right thing for him to do.Millions of pro-life Americans will vote for Senator McCain in the general election for making the morally correct decision.The GOP should remain on the side of life and liberty.
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by ioweign March 26, 2008 10:21 PM PDT
Huckabee: best choice

Rice, Sanford: OK

Pawlenty, Romney, Crist: RINOs

Posted by bdribus at 06:48 PM : Mar 26, 2008


You missed "No Stall Left Behind" Craig...

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by blkpresident March 26, 2008 11:02 PM PDT
a girl?
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by gouldnen March 26, 2008 11:15 PM PDT
As this article states: "McCain''s veep pick will come under particular scrutiny because of his age," and if McCain selects Pawlenty simply because of Pawlenty''s age, it would stand to reason that the skeletons in the closet will begin to surface and will haunt and take down McCain with Pawlenty. It would be wise for McCain to look at Pawlenty''s "secret meeting" Minnesota Supreme Court Justice appointees where former MN Senate Majority Leader Dean Johnson had secret meetings with two (2) MN Supreme Court Justices surnamed Anderson wherein Pawlenty appointed two (2) out of the three (3) MN Supreme Court Justices with the surname Anderson. Obviously Pawlenty appointed one of the three, but perhaps he appointed both of the secret meeting justices.
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by adarkstorm March 26, 2008 11:25 PM PDT
Senator McCain should act in a moral way when choosing his running-mate and select a pro-life candidate.The GOP has been a pro-life party for many years and has won a multitude of elections endorsing this sacred right.The Republican Party has millions of pro-life adherents and if a pro-choice vice-presidential candidate was chosen,it would split the party.I deeply believe in the right to life and that is an enormous reason why I will vote for him in the general election.I think he will stand by his principles and select a pro-life candidate for Vice-President.-----------------------------------------

Posted by ShawnHussey at 07:32 PM

An interesting perspective, but regardless of party affiliation, the President represents all the people. The sad fact is, this is more often forgotten than remembered. What an amazing concept compromise and a genuine attempt to serve all Americans. Hmmm. I dare say, not this century.

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by millersinoz March 27, 2008 2:19 AM PDT
Rice would be an excellent choice. She is definitely a woman of character and courage. She is the kind of person I could point to and say to my children, "This is the kind of person I would like you to be." I could say the same of McCain. I would be happy with them as Pres. and VP.

I think Obama is a very gifted speaker, but I have to admit, he has not acted with courage in respect to his church situation.
I just don''t think he''s proven himself to be in the same league as these two individuals.
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by millersinoz March 27, 2008 2:20 AM PDT
Rice would be an excellent choice. She is definitely a woman of character and courage. She is the kind of person I could point to and say to my children, "This is the kind of person I would like you to be." I could say the same of McCain. I would be happy with them as Pres. and VP.

I think Obama is a very gifted speaker, but I have to admit, he has not acted with courage in respect to his church situation.
I just don''t think he''s proven himself to be in the same league as these two individuals.
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by millersinoz March 27, 2008 2:21 AM PDT
Rice would be an excellent choice. She is definitely a woman of character and courage. She is the kind of person I could point to and say to my children, "This is the kind of person I would like you to be." I could say the same of McCain. I would be happy with them as Pres. and VP.

I think Obama is a very gifted speaker, but I have to admit, he has not acted with courage in respect to his church situation.
I just don''t think he''s proven himself to be in the same league as these two individuals.
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by millersinoz March 27, 2008 2:24 AM PDT
Rice would be an excellent choice. She is definitely a woman of character and courage. She is the kind of person I could point to and say to my children, "This is the kind of person I would like you to be." I could say the same of McCain. I would be happy with them as Pres. and VP.

I think Obama is a very gifted speaker, but I have to admit, he has not acted with courage in respect to his church situation.
I just don''t think he''s proven himself to be in the same league as these two individuals.
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by millersinoz March 27, 2008 2:28 AM PDT
Rice would be an excellent choice. She is definitely a woman of character and courage. She is the kind of person I could point to and say to my children, "This is the kind of person I would like you to be." I could say the same of McCain. I would be happy with them as Pres. and VP.

I think Obama is a very gifted speaker, but I have to admit, he has not acted with courage in respect to his church situation.
I just don''t think he''s proven himself to be in the same league as these two individuals.
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by millersinoz March 27, 2008 2:31 AM PDT
Rice would be an excellent choice. She is definitely a woman of character and courage. She is the kind of person I could point to and say to my children, "This is the kind of person I would like you to be." I could say the same of McCain. I would be happy with them as Pres. and VP.

I think Obama is a very gifted speaker, but I have to admit, he has not acted with courage in respect to his church situation.
I just don''t think he''s proven himself to be in the same league as these two individuals.
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by millersinoz March 27, 2008 2:33 AM PDT
Rice would be an excellent choice. She is definitely a woman of character and courage. She is the kind of person I could point to and say to my children, "This is the kind of person I would like you to be." I could say the same of McCain. I would be happy with them as Pres. and VP.

I think Obama is a very gifted speaker, but I have to admit, he has not acted with courage in respect to his church situation.
I just don''t think he''s proven himself to be in the same league as these two individuals.
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by millersinoz March 27, 2008 2:34 AM PDT
Rice would be an excellent choice. She is definitely a woman of character and courage. She is the kind of person I could point to and say to my children, "This is the kind of person I would like you to be." I could say the same of McCain. I would be happy with them as Pres. and VP.

I think Obama is a very gifted speaker, but I have to admit, he has not acted with courage in respect to his church situation.
I just don''t think he''s proven himself to be in the same league as these two individuals.
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by seventhmajor March 27, 2008 3:23 AM PDT
Condi has real liabilities - completely Bush all over for one. Didn''t listen to those who warned about the Iraq war etc and an undistinguishable record since.
Liberman too is undesirable. Too bland - can barely get his words out. Boring!
Huckabee would be good - he has personality like Reagan did. Romney would be a losing venture - theyd just play back the clips of his dirty ads against mccain - the last thing in the world americans want is an ultra conservative poseur who says anything to anybody.
Gov Crist has personality. So does Jack Kempf. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Elizabeth Dole intrigue me. Colin Powell would be a reassuring presence on the ticket. Christopher Cox is beguiling. So many to choose from. But both Romney and Rice represent the old politics of snowing the people.
That''s why Huckabee will last - he doesn''t believe in hoodwinking you - he''s just himself - with a wink.
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by clintonhater March 27, 2008 6:18 AM PDT
I suspect that the prospect of Rice being nominated for the vice-presidency terrifies the democrats. Reason enough to root for her, although there plenty of other reasons.
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by clintonhater March 27, 2008 6:26 AM PDT
I suspect that the prospect of Rice being nominated for the vice-presidency terrifies the democrats. Reason enough to root for her, although there plenty of other reasons.
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by clintonhater March 27, 2008 6:29 AM PDT
The reason for the multiple entries is that there is something wrong with the "PUBLISH" button.
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by b-easy63 March 27, 2008 9:43 AM PDT
Jesterbelle, you HAVE to see this video. It''''''''s the shocking video of Bosnia that proves Hillary told the truth!!! YOu will LYAO!!

http://wonkette.com/372675/sho

cking-bosnia-video-proves-hillary-told
-t
he-truth
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by b-easy63 March 27, 2008 9:46 AM PDT
Rice would be an excellent choice. She is definitely a woman of character and courage. She is the kind of person I could point to and say to my children, "This is the kind of person I would like you to be." I could say the same of McCain. I would be happy with them as Pres. and VP.

I think Obama is a very gifted speaker, but I have to admit, he has not acted with courage in respect to his church situation.
I just don''''t think he''''s proven himself to be in the same league as these two individuals.

Posted by millersinoz at 02:28 AM : Mar 27, 2008


courage without wisdom equals a fool hardy person who blunders around the world, making things worse than they are..

Courage without honor is a bully. Which is sort of the name we give to people who pick on or start fights with others who have done nothing to them.

Given the state of the world and what we have done to Iraq--these 2 have demonstrated both courage and lack of wisdom and questionable honor--the real perversion of course, comes from when we see both of these types of "courage" as heroic. There is nothing at all heroic about invading a country based on lies, killing a lot of people, fvcking it up, and then patting ourselves on the back for the clean up job that is now needed due to our actions.
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by blkpresident March 27, 2008 9:56 AM PDT
Governor Crist is your only chance OLD man McCain. He can help you carry Florida, and should you fall asleep during those critical intelligence briefings America can rest easy knowing that Governor Crist can adequately take up the slack. If you choose that girl Rice, the 2008 presidential race will be a joke on the Republicans when you fail to carry a single state. So, please be smart and choose Governor Crist, so at least after we beat you guys in November no one will remember it as a 50-0 blow-out, but as a competitive race. Our camp takes no joy in beating an OLD man and a girl. Come strong or go take a nap OLD man. The Obama shuffle will steamroll you!!!
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by blkpresident March 27, 2008 10:00 AM PDT
Hillarygrl34,

Newsflash in case you haven''t heard already: REV. WRIGHT IS not running for president. Get it woman?!
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by b-easy63 March 27, 2008 10:57 AM PDT
ALL YOU NAYSAYERS: IT TURNS OUT HILLARY WAS UNDER SNIPER FIRE IN BOSNIA AFTER ALL:

Jesterbelle, you HAVE to see this video. It''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''s the shocking video of Bosnia that proves Hillary told the truth!!! YOu will LYAO!!

http://wonkette.com/372675/sho
cking-bosnia-video-proves-hillary-told-t
he-truth
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