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By               exceeding               low               expectations,               Alaska               governor               Sarah               Palin               won               her               vice               presidential               debate               against               Delaware               senator               Joe               Biden.

But               that               victory               won't               make               people               forget               John               McCain's               erratic               behavior               during               the               current               economic               crisis.

Although               the               six-term               senator               met               expectations               with               his               broad               display               of               knowledge,               the               October               2,               2008               debate               wasn't               about               Joe               Biden.

It               was               about               whether               Sarah               Palin               would               fall               on               her               face               in               the               wake               of               her               disastrous               interview               with               Katie               Couric.

Not               only               didn't               Sarah               Palin               collapse,               she               passed               the               presentation               test               with               flying               colors.
               Palin,               a               former               beauty               queen,               is               incredibly               photogenic.

Her               glib,               quirky               style               appeals               to               many               voters.

She               frequently               went               on               the               offensive.

Palin               was               particularly               effective               when               she               chided               Joe               Biden               for               constantly               looking               at               the               past               errors               of               the               Bush               Administration               rather               than               toward               the               future.

While               Palin               frequently               attacked               Biden,               Biden               wisely               trained               his               sights               on               John               McCain.
               During               an               October               5,               2008               airing               of               "Meet               The               Press",               Peggy               Noonan,               a               former               speechwriter               for               President               Ronald               Reagan,               said               that               Palin               is               "a               natural"               in               the               "show               business               aspect               of               politics"               but               short               on               substance.
               I               watched               the               debate               hoping               to               be               entertained               while               suppressing               a               morbid               curiosity               as               to               whether               Palin               would               fall               apart.

I               always               considered               the               probability               of               the               latter               event               to               be               quite               low.

As               I               suspected,               her               debate               performance,               replete               with               folksy               charm,               mirrored               her               acceptance               speech.

Although               Governor               Palin               occasionally               made               me               laugh,               the               debate               left               me               more               convinced               than               ever               that               she               is               not               vice               presidential               timber.
               Only               the               most               partisan               viewers--and               there               are               many               of               them--would               say               the               Alaska               governor               was               strong               on               substance.

As               you               read               the               following               criticisms,               keep               in               mind               that               throughout               most               of               this               campaign,               I               have               leaned               strongly               in               favor               of               John               McCain.
               Palin's               answer               to               a               question               on               climate               change               was               almost               incomprehensible.

Don't               just               take               my               word               for               it.

Read               the               debate               transcript.

A               good               college               student               could               have               expressed               herself               better.

Later               in               the               debate,               she               offered               up               this               gem:               "I'm               thankful               the               Constitution               would               allow               a               bit               more               authority               given               to               the               vice               president               if               that               vice               president               so               chose               to               exert               it               in               working               with               the               Senate."
               That               remark               was               in               response               to               moderator               Gwen               Ifill's               question               as               to               whether               Palin               would               agree               with               Vice               President               Dick               Cheney               "that               the               executive               branch               does               not               hold               complete               sway               over               the               office               of               the               vice               presidency,               that               it               is               also               a               member               of               the               legislative               branch."
               Biden               correctly               condemned               Palin's               statement               as               a               "bizarre               notion",               forcefully               noting               Cheney's               dangerous               abuse               of               power               during               his               tenure               in               the               nation's               second               highest               office.

A               June               25,               2007               Washington               Post               article               has               a               good               discussion               of               this               subject.

It's               peculiar               that               Palin               would               support               a               character               like               Dick               Cheney               when               John               McCain               has               publicly               differed               with               Cheney               on               issues               such               as               waterboarding.
               You               really               have               to               wonder               whether               Palin               has               ever               read               the               Constitution.

The               only               power               that               the               vice               president               has               over               the               Senate--that               of               tie-breaker--is               found               in               Article               I,               Section               3:               "The               Vice               President               of               the               United               States               shall               be               President               of               the               Senate,               but               shall               have               no               vote,               unless               they               be               equally               divided."               A               decent               high               school               student               could               have               told               you               that.
               In               fact,               it               is               supremely               bizarre               that               a               conservative               like               Palin               would               argue               for               a               power               that               is               nowhere               stated               or               implied               in               the               Constitution.

According               to               conventional               wisdom,               conservatives               are               originalists.

They               believe               in               a               literal               interpretation               of               the               Constitution.

An               originalist               would               say               that               any               powers               not               enumerated               in               the               Constitution               do               not               exist.
               But               in               the               debate,               it               was               Biden,               a               liberal,               who               expressed               the               originalist               view.

On               vice               presidential               power,               Biden               said:
               "And               the               primary               role               of               the               vice               president               of               the               United               States               of               America               is               to               support               the               president               of               the               United               States               of               America,               give               that               president               his               or               her               best               judgment               when               sought,               and               as               vice               president,               to               preside               over               the               Senate,               only               in               a               time               when               in               fact               there's               a               tie               vote.

The               Constitution               is               explicit.

"
               Palin's               supporters               say               that               the               governor               deftly               avoided               the               pitfall               of               the               Couric               interview,               where               Palin               could               not               name               a               single               Supreme               Court               case               she               disagreed               with               besides               Roe               v.

Wade.

According               to               her               fans,               Palin               accomplished               this               feat               by               saying               that               she               would               not               answer               one               of               Ifill's               questions.

Palin               then               began               to               discuss               a               different               subject.

It               was               a               smart               tactical               move               by               Palin,               but               it               came               at               a               cost:               it               further               emphasized               her               knowledge               gaps.
               When               Ms.

Ifill               asked               Biden               to               name               an               issue               on               which               he               disagreed               with               Barack               Obama,               the               Delaware               senator               wisely               offered               uncritical               support               of               his               running               mate.

But               Palin               said               that               she               intended               to               persuade               McCain               to               change               his               position               on               drilling               in               ANWR.

Bad               move.

A               vice               presidential               nominee's               job               is               a               supporting               role,               not               a               starring               one.

Intra-ticket               differences               are               best               discussed               in               private.

By               replying               the               way               she               did,               Palin,               instead               of               being               a               team               player,               focused               the               spotlight               on               herself.

Several               pundits               on               Fox               News,               CNN,               and               NBC               later               said               that               during               the               debate,               Sarah               Palin               was               running               for               president               in               2012               instead               of               vice               president               in               2008.
               While               there               were               problems               with               Governor               Palin's               substantive               performance,               there               were               also               defects               in               her               vaunted               style.

Her               clipped               gerunds               were               exceptionally               numerous,               even               for               her.

And               she               winked               more               than               Fran               Drescher               did               in               "The               Nanny."               At               first,               it               was               cute,               but               after               awhile               I               started               to               think               that               the               woman               had               an               ocular               sty.
               Many               of               Palin's               reported               zingers               showed               an               astonishing               lack               of               originality.

I               counted               four               phrases               that               were               borrowed               from               Ronald               Reagan:               "There               you               go               again";               "Government,               you're               too               often               the               problem,               not               always               the               solution";               "               We               are               a               shining               city               on               a               hill...a               beacon               of               hope";               and               "Government,               just               get               out               of               my               way".

Palin               only               attributed               the               third               to               the               late               president.

She               also               supposedly               zinged               Biden               when               she               said,               "Say               it               ain't               so,               Joe."               That               hackneyed               phrase               saw               the               light               of               day               during               the               Chicago               White               Sox               scandal               of               1919.

Not               exactly               forward-looking.
               Mort               Kondracke,               the               conservative               Roll               Call               columnist,               made               an               astounding               pronouncement               on               Fox               News               shortly               after               the               debate.

Kondracke               said               that               Palin               "is               not               qualified               to               be               president               on               Day               One,               but               she               won't               have               to               be."               How               can               Kondracke               be               so               sure               that               Governor               Palin               won't               have               to               step               up               early               in               a               McCain               presidency?

Does               he               have               a               pipeline               to               God?

I               hope               that               McCain               lives               to               be               100,               but               life               is               unpredictable.

Did               anyone               six               months               ago               think               that               a               $700               billion               bailout               plan               would               have               to               be               pushed               through               Congress               to               prevent               the               United               States               from               slipping               into               a               depression?

If               Sarah               Palin               is               not               fit               to               lead               on               Day               One,               she               has               no               business               running               for               vice               president.
               Competency               of               a               vice               presidential               candidate               should               never               be               an               issue.

It's               a               dangerous               distraction               from               the               serious               topics               of               the               day.

That               question               was               last               raised               was               20               years               ago,               when               Dan               Quayle               was               running.

Humorous               books               have               been               written               about               Quayle's               many               gaffes,               and               he               was               often               an               embarrassment               to               George               H.W.

Bush               on               the               campaign               trail.

Yet               Quayle's               resume               was               much               more               impressive               than               Palin's.

Before               becoming               the               44th               vice               president               of               the               United               States,               Quayle               was               director               of               the               Inheritance               Tax               Division               of               the               Indiana               Department               of               Revenue,               a               two-term               congressman,               and               a               two-term               United               States               senator.
               Most               post-debate               polls               indicated               that               people               liked               Palin               more               but               thought               that               Biden               won               on               points.

However,               by               exceeding               low               expectations,               Palin,               in               fact,               won               the               contest.

Assuming               that               there               are               no               more               major               gaffes               or               scandals               on               either               side,               the               vice               presidential               sideshow               will               quickly               fade               from               public               memory,               and               attention               will               be               focused               where               it               belongs,               on               the               top               of               the               ticket,               which               leads               me               back               to               Biden's               good               friend,               John               McCain.
               McCain's               behavior               over               the               last               couple               of               weeks               has               been,               to               say               the               least,               erratic.

First               he               suspended               his               campaign               in               the               wake               of               the               financial               meltdown               and               said               that               he               would               not               attend               the               first               debate               with               Obama               on               September               26,               2008               if               there               was               no               bailout               deal.

With               much               fanfare,               McCain               arrived               in               Washington               hoping               to               be               the               knight               in               shining               armor               who               would               save               America               from               financial               disaster.

Obama               looked               far               more               presidential               when               he               said               that               this               was               no               time               for               playing               politics;               that               he               was               ready               to               go               to               Washington               if               called;               and               that               he               would               attend               the               debate               on               September               26               no               matter               what               happened.

On               September               26,               the               House               voted               down               the               bailout               plan;               McCain               reversed               himself,               attended               the               debate,               and               looked               like               a               fool.
               The               notion               that               McCain               could               have               taken               credit               for               the               bailout               was               ridiculous.

Because               McCain               had               been               on               the               campaign               trail               for               over               a               year,               he               was               unfamiliar               with               the               political               landscape               surrounding               the               financial               crisis.

In               addition,               he               is               on               record               as               saying               that               he               doesn't               know               much               about               economics               and               hasn't               thought               about               the               subject               very               much.

If               America's               greatest               economic               minds               aren't               sure               of               how               to               treat               her               monetary               ailments,               John               McCain               couldn't               possibly               find               the               cure.
               Moreover,               the               presence               of               the               candidates               probably               impeded               passage               of               the               bailout               package               by               increasing               partisan               rancor.

Both               McCain               and               Obama               attended               the               negotiations               at               the               invitation               of               President               Bush,               but,               in               photo               ops,               the               two               men               sat               at               opposite               ends               of               a               table,               farthest               away               from               the               president,               indicating               that               their               presence               was               largely               symbolic.
               Thus               ended               McCain's               second               stunt               of               the               campaign.

His               first               was               the               selection               of               Sarah               Palin               as               his               running               mate.
               During               his               debate               with               Obama,               McCain               seemed               edgy               and               off               his               game.

Obama,               on               the               other               hand,               was               poised               and               crisp.

Gone               was               the               stuttering               that               had               plagued               him               throughout               the               Democratic               primary               debates.

Obama's               answers               were               organized,               succinct,               and               presented               in               a               bullet-point               format.
               At               times,               McCain               seemed               angry.

When               he               spoke               about               Obama               wanting               to               negotiate               with               rogue               dictators               "without               preconditions",               McCain               contorted               his               face               and               held               out               his               hands               as               if               he               wanted               to               strangle               Obama.
               Obama               then               amended               his               earlier               comment,               saying               that               although               he               would               negotiate               "without               preconditions",               he               would               engage               in               extensive               "preparation"               involving               low-level               contacts,               setting               an               agenda,               and               so               forth.

Although               Obama's               explanation               wasn't               quite               believable,               it               made               sense.

As               Mr.

Spock               might               say,               it               was               grounded               in               logic               rather               than               wild               emotion.
               When               McCain               went               to               Washington               to               attend               the               bailout               negotiations,               he               said               that               it               was               his               patriotic               duty               to               do               so,               that               he               was               being               a               good               navy               man,               responding               to               the               call               for               "all               hands               on               deck."               John               McCain               is               a               true               patriot               and               a               man               to               be               admired,               but               in               recent               weeks,               he's               looked               like               someone               who               isn't               playing               with               a               full               deck.
               Several               weeks               ago,               I               called               the               conservative               radio               host               Monica               Crowley               and               suggested               that               McCain               might               be               too               temperamental               to               be               president.

She               angrily               asked,               "Where               did               you               hear               that               from,               the               liberal               media?"               Um,               no.

I               first               read               it               in               a               2006               article               on               NewsMax,               a               conservative               publication.

The               article               quotes               several               prominent               Republicans               as               saying               that               McCain               is               a               major               hothead.

In               addition               to               describing               McCain's               cursing               jags,               one               of               the               Republicans               recounts               a               joke               McCain               told               about               Janet               Reno               and               Chelsea               Clinton               that               is               too               vile               to               repeat               here.

In               the               same               article,               McCain               himself               admits               that               he               has               a               temper               problem.
               When               a               far-left               person               and               a               staunch               conservative               agree               on               something,               that               opinion               is               compelling,               especially               in               this               age               of               hyper-partisanship.

George               Will,               a               red-blooded               conservative,               and               Paul               Krugman,               a               far-left               columnist,               both               believe               that               McCain               is               temperamentally               ill-suited               to               handle               the               current               economic               crisis.

Compare               Will's               September               23,               2008               New               York               Post               column               with               Krugman's               September               28,               2008               column               in               the               New               York               Times.
               At               this               point,               McCain               reminds               me               of               Charlie               Chaplin               in               "A               King               In               New               York",               the               last               and               worst               film               Chaplin               ever               made.

The               movie               was               made               in               1957,               when               Chaplin               was               68               years               old.

He               was               heavy,               slow,               and               dependent               on               sight               gags               that               went               out               with               the               Charlston.
               While               McCain               throws               pies               at               the               wall,               Obama,               an               alleged               "stealth               radical",               seems               conservative,               a               cool,               careful               man               with               a               steady               hand               on               the               tiller.






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    Secretary               of               State               Condoleezza               Rice               denies               rumors               that               she               is               seeking               the               Vice               Presidential               spot               on               the               2008               Republican               ticket.

    On               the               Sunday,               April               6,               2008               broadcast               of               This               Week               with               George               Stephanopoulos,               Republican               strategist               Dan               Senor               claimed               that               Rice               was               actively               "campaigning"               to               be               John               McCain's               running               mate.

    Senor               said               that               Rice               has               been               schmoozing               with               the               Republican               Party               Establishment,               citing               her               appearance               at               the               weekly               meeting               of               Grover               Norquist's               Americans               for               Tax               Reform               organization.

    Senor               told               Stephanopoulos,               "Ten               days               ago,               they               had               an               interesting               visit               --               Secretary               of               State               Condoleezza               Rice               --               the               first               time               a               secretary               of               state               has               visited               the               Wednesday               meeting."
                   Some               political               pundits               believe               that               Condoleezza               Rice               would               be               a               good               choice               for               Veep               due               to               John               McCain's               emphasis               on               experience               during               his               campaign.

    She               would               be               the               ultimate               balancing               act,               as               Rice               --               as               an               African               American               woman               --               would               bring               gender               and               racial               balance               to               the               GOP               ticket.

    Senor               feels               that               one               of               Rice's               greatest               advantages               is               her               notoriety:               Condi               Rice               is               a               known               quantity,               and               unlike               a               relative               unknown               such               as               Florida               Governor               Charlie               Crist               or               Minnesota               Governor               Tim               Pawlenty,               the               American               public               already               are               familiar               with               her.
                   Senor               said               that               putting               Rice               on               the               GOP               ticket               would               save               the               McCain               campaign               from               having               to               spend               time               introducing               the               Vice               Presidential               nominee               to               the               American               public,               if               the               choice               is               a               governor               lacking               national               exposure               or               a               relatively               unknown               member               of               Congress.
                   "The               challenge               they're               realizing               is               that               they'll               have               to               have               to               spend               30               to               45               days,               which               they               won't               have               at               that               point,               educating               the               American               public               about               who               this               person               is."
                   Rice               also               has               the               gravitas               that               is               fitting               for               the               Vice               Presidency,               the               chief               role               of               which               is               to               take               over               the               Oval               Office               should               the               President               die               or               be               incapacitated.

    That               issue               likely               will               be               at               the               forefront               of               the               campaign,               as               the               74-year-old               John               McCain               will               be               the               oldest               Presidential               nominee               from               a               major               party               in               U.S.

    history.

    Ronald               Reagan               was               69               years               old               when               he               won               his               first               term               as               President               in               1980,               and               he               seemed               to               suffer               from               the               Alzheimer's               disease               that               eventually               afflicted               him               as               early               as               his               first               term,               although               his               cognitive               problems               might               have               been               related               to               the               physical               terrible               trauma               he               suffered               from               his               near-assassination               on               March               30,               1981.

    The               more               relevant               example               is               Bob               Dole,               who               was               73               when               won               the               1996               GOP               nomination.

    During               the               '96               campaign,               Dole               made               several               gaffes               related               to               memory-lapses               akin               to               that               recently               made               by               McCain               in               Iraq,               which               the               2008               GOP               nominee-presumptive               termed               a               "senior               moment."
                   Even               more               relevant               is               the               three               operations               that               John               McCain               has               undergone               for               skin               cancer.

    In               three               separate               procedures,               malignant               melanomas               have               been               excised               from               McCain.

    The               chances               of               a               person               having               three               incidences               of               malignant               skin               cancer               is               between               !%               and               2%.

    McCain               has               not               released               detailed               information               related               to               his               cancer.
                   The               life-expectancy               of               a               74-year-old               man               is               10.1               years,               but               John               McCain               is               a               cancer               survivor,               and               the               Oval               Office               has               a               way               of               aging               even               a               young               man               such               as               Bill               Clinton,               who               was               46               when               he               became               President.

    Thus,               a               youthful               alternative               with               the               ability               to               take               over               at               a               moment's               notice               is               essential               for               the               job               described               as               being               "a               heart-beat               away               from               the               Presidency."               The               Republican               Vice               Presidential               nominee               might               very               well               become               the               next               President               of               the               United               States.
                   According               to               Senor,               the               53-year-old               Condoleezza               Rice               "is               someone               who               people               instantly               say,               the               second               they               see               that               announcement,               'I               get               it,               that               person               could               be               president               tomorrow.'"
                   The               McCain               campaign               has               denied               that               Condi               Rice               is               under               consideration               for               the               vice               president.

    It               is               difficult               to               think               of               John               McCain,               with               his               old-fashioned               ways               fashioned               in               the               pre-integration,               pre-Tailhook               U.S.

    Navy               of               two               generations               ago               accepting               a               black               woman               as               his               running               mate.

    McCain's               attitude               towards               women               likely               is               as               old-fashioned               as               his               Cold               War-era               politics               --               he               still               believes               that               the               U.S.

    could               have               won               the               Vietnam               War.

    In               a               new               biography               that               will               soon               be               published,               Cliff               Schecter's               The               Real               McCain,               it               is               revealed               that               the               hotheaded               Arizona               Senator               used               the               "C-word"               to               describe               his               wife               by               before               campaign               aides               and               reporters.

    This               might               not               be               the               kind               of               man               that               Rice               could               serve,               unlike               reformed               frat               boy               George               W.

    Bush,               who               has               been               scandal-free               for               decades               and               treats               his               wife               and               children               respectfully.
                   On               her               part,               Condi               Rice               publicly               eschews               elective               office               and               says               she               plans               to               return               to               Stanford               University               at               the               end               of               the               Bush               Administration.

    She               taught               political               science               at               Stanford               and               was               the               provost               of               the               university.
                   The               Associated               Press               quoted               a               statement               that               Rice               made               at               a               State               Department               news               conference               held               on               Tuesday,               April               8th,               in               which               the               Secretary               of               State               praised               McCain               but               squelched               rumors               that               she               was               a               candidate               for               higher               office.
                   "Senator               McCain               is               an               extraordinary               American,               a               really               outstanding               leader               and               obviously               a               great               patriot.

    That               said,               I               am               going               back               to               Stanford,               back               to               California,               west               of               the               Mississippi,"               Rice               told               the               press.

    "I               very               much               look               forward               to               watching               this               campaign               and               voting               as               a               voter."
                   The               floating               of               the               idea               of               Rice               for               Vice               President               is               strange,               as               there               is               no               realistic               chance               the               Secretary               of               State               would               be               put               on               the               ticket.

    To               put               Condoleezza               Rice               on               the               Republican               ticket               would               essentially               mean               that               John               McCain               was               running               for               a               third               term               for               George               W.

    Bush,               who               is               extremely               unpopular.

    It               would               also               be               regarded               as               a               stunt,               to               counter               Barack               Obama               --               the               first               serious               African               American               candidate               for               the               Presidency.

    Although               it               is               unlikely               a               Republican               ticket               with               Rice               would               draw               much               support               from               the               African               American               community,               it               might               be               perceived               as               a               pitch               to               disgruntled               female               supporters               of               Hillary               Clinton               who               might               balk               at               voting               for               a               Democratic               ticket               that               did               not               contain               Hillary.

    Furthermore,               having               Rice               on               the               ticket               would               do               nothing               to               shore               up               McCain's               suspect               support               from               right-wing               evangelical               Christians,               a               critical               voting               block               within               the               Republican               Party.

    As               an               African               American               who               just               might               become               president,               Rice               also               would               prove               a               turn-off               to               the               anti-affirmative               action,               anti-civil               rights               white               vote               that               has               provided               the               margin               of               victory               for               the               GOP               in               the               Southern               states.
                   Condoleezza               Rice's               relationship               with               Stanford               University               employee               Randy               Bean,               another               unmarried               woman,               is               another               factor.

    Rumors               that               Rice               is               a               lesbian               likely               prevents               Rice               from               having               a               career               in               elective               office               as               a               Republican.

    Rice               and               Bean,               who               has               the               title               "Executive               Producer               of               Special               TV               Projects"               at               Stanford,               own               a               house               together               and               share               a               line               of               credit,               giving               credence               to               the               rumors               that               the               Secretary               of               State               is,               in               fact,               a               lesbian.

    Many               gays,               in               fact,               believe               her               to               be               one               of               their               own,               but               deeply               in               "The               Closet."               Although               the               GOP               contains               many               closeted               homosexuals,               the               "outing"               of               her               relationship               with               Bean               would               create               a               backlash               against               her               as               the               Republican               Party               is               hostile               to               gay               rights.
                   Aside               from               her               personal               life,               Condi               Rice               is               an               enigmatic               figure               in               many               ways.

    The               daughter               of               two               college               professors,               she               was               raised               in               the               segregated               Birmingham,               Alabama               of               the               Jim               Crow               1950s               and               '60s               and               was               tangentially               involved               in               one               of               the               most               horrific               moments               in               the               history               of               U.S.

    race               relations.

    Yet,               despite               the               fact               that               her               childhood               friend,               11-year-old               Denise               McNair,               was               one               of               four               girls               killed               in               the               infamous               1963               bombing               of               Birmingham,               Alabama's               16th               Street               Baptist               Church,               Rice               eschewed               involvement               in               the               civil               rights               movement.

    As               a               rising               academic               star,               her               focus               was               the               Cold               War               and               the               Soviet               Union.
                   The               history               of               national               electoral               politics               and               the               Electoral               College               has               seen               the               realignment               of               the               "Solid               South"               --               and               its               huge               block               of               electoral               votes               in               Presidential               contests               --               from               the               Democratic               Party               to               the               Republican               Party               as               a               majority               of               whites               migrated               to               the               GOP               after               the               extension               of               civil               rights               to               blacks               in               the               1960s.

    Barry               Goldwater,               Richard               Nixon               and               Ronald               Reagan               were               all               essential               players               in               turning               the               Party               of               Lincoln,               the               Great               Emancipator               who               was               hated               throughout               the               South               as               the               conqueror               of               the               Confederate               States               of               American,               into               a               racist-friendly               party.

    The               Solid               South               shifted               from               the               Democrats               to               the               Republicans,               who               now               dominate               the               GOP               and               Congress               much               as               they               did               when               they               were               Democrats.
                   After               watching               the               1984               Democratic               Convention,               Rice               says               she               became               a               Republican,               thus               joining               the               party               that               a               great               many               southern               racists               adopted               as               their               own               after               the               Democratic               Party               became               home               to               African               Americans               after               Lyndon               Johnson               and               a               Democratic               Congress               passed               civil               rights               legislation               ending               segregation               and               guaranteeing               the               right               to               vote               to               black               folk.

    The               Republican               Party               now               is               home               to               unreconstructed               white               bigots               of               the               stripe               of               former               Senator               Trent               Lott               of               Mississippi,               who               once               was               the               Majority               Leader               of               the               Senate.

    This               is               the               party               the               African               American               Rice               joined.

    Her               membership               in               the               GOP               elucidates               a               high               degree               of               ambivalence.
                   Part               of               the               speculation               about               Rice               and               the               Vice               Presidency               is               rooted               in               the               fact               that               the               Secretary               of               State               has               been               publicly               musing               about               issues               that               she               has               not               touched               on               in               the               past.

    Her               expertise               is               national               security,               but               recently               she               has               been               talking               about               civil               rights.

    The               rise               of               Barack               Obama,               who               is               mixed-race               but               identifies               as               African               American,               likely               has               touched               her,               as               it               has               her               predecessor               as               Secretary               of               State,               Colin               Powell,               who               also               is               African               American.

    (It               is               believed               Powell               is               supportive               of               an               Obama               Presidency.)               Rice               says               she               joined               the               GOP               as               the               Democrats               saw               black               folk               and               women               as               "victims,"               and               she               hated               to               be               patronized.

    Obama,               with               his               modern               message               of               reconciliation               of               the               races,               does               not               play               on               victimology.

    (That               niche               is               reserved               by               his               rival               for               the               Democratic               nomination,               the               intensely               privileged               Hillary               Clinton,               who               plays               the               same               kind               of               old-fashioned               "victim"               politics               as               her               friend               Geraldine               Ferraro,               the               1984               Democratic               nominee               for               Vice               President,               who               was               elevated               at               the               '84               convention               that               turned               Condi               Rice               away               from               the               Democratic               Party.)
                   If               Condoleezza               Rice               does               have               political               aspirations,               they               most               likely               would               be               centered               on               California.

    Moderate-to-conservative               Democratic               Senator               Dianne               Feinstein               is               75               years               old               and               her               term               will               be               up               in               2012.

    It               is               unlikely               that               Rice's               sexual               orientation               would               be               held               against               her               in               California,               except,               perhaps               by               militant               gays               who               would               want               to               "out"               her.

    As               a               political               act,               Condi               Rice's               outing               by               militant               gays               essentially               would               serve               as               a               complaint               about               her               lack               of               support               for               the               gay               community               and               serve               to               underscore               the               hypocrisy               of               her               party.
                   If               she               were               outed               in               California,               it               would               make               little               difference.

    Most               gays               and               straights               in               tolerant               California               likely               would               look               beyond               personal               issues               pertaining               to               sexual               orientation               and               focus               on               her               resume.

    Dianne               Feinstein               hasn't               had               a               serious               challenge               since               when               she               was               first               up               for               reelection               in               1994,               when               she               was               almost               beaten               by               Michael               Huffington,               who               interestingly,               came               out               of               the               closet               as               a               homosexual               shortly               thereafter.

    Feinstein               will               be               79               years               old               in               2012,               and               likely               will               step               aside,               leaving               an               open               seat               and               a               chance               for               Rice               to               go               back               to               Washington               in               the               prestigious               role               of               U.S.

    Senator,               if               she               should               chose               to               run.
                   The               Republican               Party               in               California               has               lacked               attractive               candidates               with               state-wide               pull               for               a               generation               now.

    Condi               Rice               might               just               fulfill               their               need               for               a               candidate,               other               than               Governor               Arnold               Schwarzenegger,               with               mass               appeal.

    Schwarzenegger               succeeded               because               he               was               a               movie               star,               and               it               can               be               said               that               Condi               Rice               also               is               a               celebrity.
                   Barbara               Boxer,               the               junior               Senator               from               California,               will               be               up               for               reelection               in               2010,               but               she               has               yet               to               face               a               serious               challenge               from               a               Republican               since               her               first               election               two               decades               ago.

    Boxer,               one               of               the               most               liberal               Senators,               will               be               only               70               in               2010               and               still               in               her               prime.

    While               Condi               Rice               might               want               to               sharpen               her               campaign               skills               in               a               challenge               to               the               formidable               Boxer,               she               could               wait               two               years               until               2012.

    Dianne               Feinstein's               vacant               seat               likely               would               be               the               best               option               for               her,               if               she               wants               a               political               career.
                   Sources:
                   ABC               New,               "Dan               Senor:               Condoleezza               Rice               Is               Pursuing               the               VP               Spot"
                   Voice               of               America,               "Condoleezza               Rice               Downplays               Speculation               on               Vice               Presidential               Run"
                   FoxNews,               McCain               Rice               Ticket?
                   The               Times               (London),               "Gay               rumours               eclipse               Condi's               glory               moment"
                   Pravda,               "Condoleezza               Rice               may               have               lesbian               affair               with               filmmaker               from               California"
                   PrideSpot,               "Neo-Condoleezza               Rice               &               her               main               Bean"






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    1. blogs.gocomics.com/   07/22/2008
      ... past ( Pope John Paul II , St. Francis of Assisi ), IDW presents the comic-biographies of Barack Obama and John McCain, the two candidates facing off in November’s historic Presidential contest...
    2. fullcirclenews.blogspot.com/   09/09/2008
      This video is called "Reformed Maverick: A Biography of John McCain", and, Gods, is it funny. This isn't about politics. This is about...
    3. theivanovosti.typepad.com/   10/16/2008
      ... end to Sen. John McCain 's bid to become the 44th president of the United...I'm not sorry for John McCain. He has enough...be busy for the rest of his life.
    4. zaetsch.blogspot.com/   10/16/2008
      ...online biography of presidential candidate John Sidney McCain. It...John McCain, most certainly... no John Galt. That...regardless of what..., John McCain ...streak of anger so...
    5. notapottedplant.blogspot.com/   12/28/2007
      Biography John Sidney McCain III will be 72...S. Navy, both of whom.... McCain also stuck... of his former Senate mentor, John Tower, to become...
    6. quipster.wordpress.com/   10/02/2008
      ...Episcopal High School in Alexandria, VA. http://www.answers.com/topic/john-mccain biography of John McCain. http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/09/ap_McCain_vietnamvideo_091108/ http://www...
    7. plavwriter.blogspot.com/   10/10/2008
      ...Put together, however, the criticisms advance an increasingly consistent biography of a John McCain that the campaign wants voters to be desperately ignorant about. As Dickinson...
    8. quigleyblog.blogspot.com/   09/27/2008
      ...in one of his biographies, except ...rose to the top of his profession. Eisenhower...I don’t think McCain can take much sustenance...from the fact that John Eisenhower, son of...
    9. quigleyblog.blogspot.com/   06/28/2008
      ...fit of war fever. People may be tired of the war today, but Mitt Romney or Jeb Bush will...soon either as VP candidates for John McCain or as Presidential candidates in 2012...
    10. doubletalkexpress.wordpress.com/   08/22/2008
      ... excuse for giving John McCain a pass on all of his failings. This entry...for Yourself with tags Adultery , Biography , Cheat , Cindy McCain , John McCain...



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