Anyway - on to the article.
First of all, I don't know if this is true, although I suppose if it came from a Republican strategist chances are they aren't lying about something like this. Personally I'd rather see Colin Powell do it, but he has no apparent interest in a political career. To be honest, who could blame him these days? Lawl.
Right now I don't really have an opinion on Condi as VP - she has cabinet level experience, which is as executive as you can get outside of the top two seats. Say what you will but she is an astonishingly brilliant lady. This strategist is claiming that Condi is actively courting the VP slot, which is, I have to say, what I find hard to believe about the whole thing. The previous word is that she was eager to go back into the academic world. If I'm John McCain and I'm picking between Condi and say, Mitt Romney, who do I choose?
On the Democrat side - I wonder who Barack Obama will pick. If he were clever he'd find a retired General that sees things his way, or maybe Bill Richardson. Many cynical raisings of an eyebrow occurred after seeing his La Raza-esque goatee he wore the day he endorsed Obama. Forget the potentially cynical use of facial hair angle, which I happen to think is funny but a bit silly. The goatee just looked shady, period! I think Bill Richardson should shave - he can more than stand on his credentials and he is a Democrat I have looooong respected. It would have been a coup for Al Gore to have picked him in 2000 instead of Lieberman.
I'm beyond Hillary getting the nomination - at this point for her to use the flaws in the system to her advantage would cut the party right in half. The numbers in NC right now are embarrassing. I think she likes being Senator if she can't be President... she won't throw away her entire political career. My brain tells me to insist on taking her at her word and that she'll ride it all the way to the convention, but a part of me also thinks when the cat calls finally get loud enough that they penetrate that Clinton cloud, for the sake of both her and her husbands reputation she will bow out before July. DNC rules as they stand are a mockery, and disenfranchisement is bad not just for Democrats but for the American political system as a whole. I would extend it and say that Clintons are bad for the American political system as a whole but you know, thats just me - and (e:james) possibly!
This just flashed in my head - if Hillary got the nomination, what would be the chances that she would pick her husband for VP? Is that even legal? Taft became Chief Justice after serving as POTUS but I don't know what the rules are for VP, since there are executive term limits and I don't know how or if that extends to VP. They are in the same branch of government, which is what makes me wonder about the legal angle. It may be inconsequential. Anybody know?
In other news...
Our landlady replaced our broken doorbell with one of those RF jobbies. Now my bell goes off randomly and nobody is ever at the door. Either they somehow set it up wrong, or something is interfering with the signal. You can imagine how annoying this was at 6:22am this morning. I'd ask how to fix it, but I think I'm just going to turn it off!
damn, 5-star on expert? I can barely hit 2 notes on hard.
this is pretty much my favorite of all of your posts! congratulations. my thing is that while politics is fun to talk about, i find it really boring to read about or see on t.v. you somehow made it fun for me. you should have a cloumn or something. bill clinton as vp...hahahaha! i think they should start a variety show or something. :O)
I think Picking Rice could be a big mistake. Often in this country we (who ever we is lets say some of the population who like blacks/women) think that this country is progressive. That isn't really true. There are still a lot of people who in this country if polled would say yeah sure I'd vote for the black guy or the women, but in reality never would. Then you have people who know they never would and are proud to say things like "what if there is a crisis and she is PMSing" and things like that. That crowd is a lot bigger then people think. So if he adds Condi as VP he will lose a lot of votes he was going to get. I'm not going to say that people who don't like blacks or women will come out and vote for him but if condi is VP they won't for sure but there is a good chance. I think that weather it is Hillary or Barack McCain will get votes from people who don't like blacks or women or people who look and sound Muslim. If Bush wants him to win all they have to do is let a terrorist attack happen, not even here but at say another London or maybe toronto train bombing. That fear would be enough to make people double think on his name and not vote for him. And for these Dems who think it is in the BAG the last time we thought that Bush won. I think as long as McCain gets a Good White VP he will win. The exception to that is if the Dems or him find some recent war Hero then that would help out the Dems and if that person was black then the war hero part might not lose the racism voters.
I have no idea how Republicans feel about Condi. I do know how Democrats feel about her though, and it aint warm and fuzzy. She might butress McCain's standing with party conservative, she might deflate the ZOMG! A BlACK/WOMAN! thing a bit. But, meh...
McCain needs someone from outside the Bush administration or those cat calls of McSame are going to get louder and become a real liability for him.