Strategist: Rice eyeing VP spot on ticket

[Mugu]

WASHINGTON, April 6 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has exhibited interest in becoming John McCain's vice presidential running mate, a Republican strategist says.

Dan Senor revealed during Sunday's edition of ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" that Rice has been seeking support to be considered for the No. 2 spot on the Republican ticket this fall.

"Condi Rice has been actively, actually in recent weeks, campaigning for this," Senor said.

The party strategist said Rice could represent an ideal vice presidential candidate when paired with the Arizona senator, who is the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.


Complete article at:
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/04/06/strategist_rice_eyeing_vp_spot_on_ticket/3688/

[lisa58]

1. Saw that...

...still don't believe it's being considered seriously.

[ThomWV]

2. "Bring 'em on"

Baahahahahahaha

[tekisui]

3. Democratic Dream Ticket!

I don't see it happening. They have been floating all the non-serious VP choices for weeks now.

[Disturbed]

7. A VP must be qualified to be Pres.

What qualifications does Ms. Rice have?

[billbuckhead]

8. Nowdays anyone is qualified

[ThomWV]

48. As far as I can see now days no one who serves is qualified.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

4. I posted this thread yesterday:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3112465&mesg_id=3112465

Among the Republicans polled by Gallup, she came in 3rd on the list as most-favored VP for McCain (Huckabee was first, Romney second).

[louis-t]

5. Ah, another job she would be incompetant at.

That makes 3.

[EV_Ares]

15. Yeah, it will be funny when she tries to list her accomplishments as

she really will have a difficult time with that and I remember Donald Trump talking about her on Letterman or Leno where he said all she does is fly in somewhere and fly out with nothing getting done. Says he would have fired her a long time ago.

[louis-t]

60. Said she "never closes any deals"

It was an interview, 60 Minutes or something.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Eeeeexcellent!

With CondorLizard on the McCain ticket the connection to Booooosh and his war that almost everybody hates will be even tighter. Better yet, the haters won't have anyplace to go so they'll stay home; since no matter whether they vote for the Rep or Dem ticket they'd have to vote for a woman and/or an African-American. And Condi's hideously bungled foreign policy is a big, fat target.

[Kitty Herder]

9. My thoughts exactly! Let's all write to McCain and encourage him to

choose Condi as his running mate.

[treestar]

39. McBush needs the bigot vote

It's part of his base.

[NWHarkness]

10. Please please please please please

If McCain wants to throw away the white bigot vote while at the same time underlining that he will continue Bush's foreign policy, I would be more than happy to see him do it.

[Canuckistanian]

11. Oh, yes, yes, yes.....

Please run, Condi, run!

Oh, and do include your national security credentials, including your scintillating defense of your government's own PDB in the months leading up to 9/11....

"I believe the title was, Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States."

[Fireweed247]

25. And "people simply forgot"...

when questioned why they put the Niger Uranium(forgery) lie in the State of the Union after Tenet told them to take it out.

[Canuckistanian]

29. Or the "aluminum tubes" lie or the "Prague meeting" lie or the...

"Reconstituted nuclear weapons" lie or the "killer drone" lie or.....

You get the picture.

[Fabio]

12. I think she would be formidable politically, if weak on the economy

alot of good old boys doubly want to prove they are not racist or sexist in the face of our potential nominees. Nonetheless, I agree that she would probably cause some hardcore folks to stay at home.

[Kahuna]

17. We could not beat a McCain/Condi ticket. For one thing, a lot of hillary

supporters would bolt the Democratic party to vote for a "woman" if hillary is not on a Dem ticket (and she won't be).

[Thickasabrick]

37. Then I say....fuck those people who would cross-over. nt

[Submariner]

13. I find this quite scary

I envision a repuke planned scenario where the Dem front runner is eliminated RFK style, and then the #2 Dem, who consistently polls as easier to beat in the GE, jumps in the race. McCrazy with the first black female in the VP spot, then wins the GE. He then retires for health reasons at the end of his 1st term, or beginning of 2nd term.

I would not put it past the present junta in the WH.

I hate it when I can think as low as repukes. The "tell" will be what we hear from the white supremacists Limbaugh, O'Reilly and Hannity in the coming months.

[MannyGoldstein]

14. Dear God, Let It Happen Please

A perpetual Christmas.

[calimary]

24. Um... be careful what you wish for.

This one is NOT a good idea. It would throw a bone to all those moderate GOPers who fancy themselves ready to vote for a candidate of color, and they'd probably prefer to stay on the reservation rather than bolt for Obama.

This would be VERY bad. VERY bad. And worse if they won. Especially if you consider mccain is 152-thousand years old and may not last through the term. Then we'd be stuck with her. And the utterly MARVELOUS, EXEMPLARY job she's done everywhere else so far. :sarcasm:

:puke:

[MannyGoldstein]

26. Good Points

It *would* be great to load McSame with more Bush Baggage, but you raise a good point.

I suppose the we should hope that Rumsfeld is the #2.

[edhopper]

16. It's 3 am, 2009

the Vice President is in the ex-President's bed, the phone rings :-D

[GoesTo11]

18. Could be a big problem

She would allow the McCain ticket to appeal to women voters and neutralize AA voters (if Obama is nominee) or appeal to AA voters and neutralize women voters (if Clinton is nominee). Plus she adds to McCains security credential, brings a reputation for brains, and will captivate the press with her fashion and style, and has as much charisma as McCain and would reinforce his message of support for the current administration's policies. Whether she would be helpful to a McCain ticket depends on how the press would treat her.

[BlooInBloo]

20. Sure, if you assume that black folks are stupid, this could look like a problem...

... But contrary to white folks' typical assumption, it's just not true.

[GoesTo11]

22. Well, you caught me on that.

But she still has as much charisma as McCain! And she's as much of a straight talker too.

[BlooInBloo]

23. Indeed. Enjoy your stay.

[vixengrl]

31. I am totally going to take that for what it's worth.

As much charisma as McCain! :) As much of a straight talker! :)

:rofl:

And together, they would be unbeatable at being wrong on all of the issues people care about!

[GoesTo11]

33. You got it!

Damning with faint praise.

[vixengrl]

35. Welcome to DU!

I'm not real fan of Condialiar or McSame, myself.

[wellstone dem]

19. But will she have enough time to shop for shoes

if she is VP?

[Elidor]

21. Oh, please, let him pick her

Not even McCain is dumb enough to saddle himself with this albatross.

[Liberal_in_LA]

27. seriously?

[SalmonChantedEvening]

28. McSame and McSamer 08!

RUN AWAY!!

[Hippo_Tron]

30. She's socially liberal and McCain could croak any moment, that won't fly with the religious wrong

McCain's VP will be the most pro-life, anti-gay, anti-immigration person that he can find that won't also be a liability.

[davidinalameda]

32. you'd see a lot of repugs staying home if she's on the ticket

and not just for her race and sex

I don't think that she's well-liked

[bluesmail]

34. and then there was Gore

[Thickasabrick]

36. I was curious what the Freeps thought so I wandered over there -

needless to say - they don't like the idea very much.

According to random posts:

Condi is pro-choice, anti-Israel, her roommate is a liberal and female - so now they are pondering if she's gay, too close to Bush to capture Democrat cross-overs (they actually believe there will be some of those),etc. Still the most pathetic people on earth but it helps to visit occasionally to really appreciate DU.

[Firespirit]

45. I wondered the same thing and checked it out

That place is awful; in a single thread I saw sexist attacks, homophobic rumor-mongering, one blatant racist calling the entire black race "morally inferior" because of unmarried mothers, and yes, LOTS of "she is pro-choice" lying. One Freeper in particular kept citing links to show that Condi is on the same anti-choice page as Bush, and the rest of the mob shouted him down.

Then I took a shower.

[Thickasabrick]

59. LOL...I agree completely - you need a shower after venturing over

there. It's like....ya know you shouldn't look - but you do anyway - I regret it every time!!

[IntravenousDemilo]

57. She has a roommate?

C'mon, she's got a friggin' tanker or something named after her. You'd think she could afford her own apartment and not have to split the rent.

[MiniMe]

38. What scares me most about this is....

Given McSame's Age and walnut jaw, it is entirely possible that if the repukes manage to steal another one, that would leave us with.....President Condi???:scared:

[graywarrior]

40. Battlestar Galactica will get her first.

[mcollier]

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[tucsonlib]

41. Pretty Good Choice....

but I'm still rooting for Doug Feith.

[Ilsa]

42. But only if she can keep her trainer and workout schedule and

her piano gig with her ensemble on Tuesday nights.

[jmowreader]

44. This narrows our choices for running mates considerably

If McCain has a woman on the ticket, WE have to have a woman on the ticket. Otherwise, some fence-sitting women would vote for McCain just because (ugh) Condi's on the ticket with him.

We would then need a woman with "executive experience" to counter our nominee's lack of it. Whether we decide on Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, we're still looking at running a senator.

We have two choices here. Either one would be fine. We could run either Kathleen Sebelius, governor of Kansas, or Christine Gregoire, governor of Washington State.

Picking Condi would be the worst mistake McCain could ever make. We'd exploit it by pointing out that Condi was the National Security Advisor who managed to blow it out her ass over the biggest breach of national security that's ever been.

[GoesTo11]

50. You forgot someone

If Obama's the nominee vs. McCain-Rice, he wouldn't need a female governor. He could also consider the female junior senator from NY as a running mate. This has already been suggested in other contexts.

[jmowreader]

51. It has been...

And you're right, IF you could convince Hillary and Barack to run as a team (with either one in the top spot), you'd have a very strong ticket. BUT! Would they do it? No idea. Probably not.

Now let's go at it from another direction: What if the convention goes to a second ballot and Hillary gets the nod? Assuming Obama wouldn't run as Hillary's VP, let's try a male governor from a Western state. Specifically, Montana. A lot of non-religiously-insane Republicans would vote for a ticket with Brian Schweitzer on it because he's already proven he can cut taxes and still balance a budget, which is a Repuke holy grail. Could he do it nationally? Well...if he were to jettison a few of the Repukes' favorite things, like the war and preferential treatment of capital gains, he might be able to pull it off.

[joeybee12]

46. Why is she not slinging hash at Denny's instead Come on, she's beyond

incompetent...and I must apologize to anyone who works at Denny's.

[Perry Logan]

47. Given the Right's hatred of women, it's a long shot.

[mitchum]

49. It will continue her fine tradition of falling upward

[Solly Mack]

52. That any consideration ...that certain circles are even talking about it as

a possibility...shows just how little concern is given to her status as a war criminal.

How little it matters that she enables and protect a war criminal executive.

And people claim they want change

snort

[KamaAina]

53. So I guess that means she's cool with McClown voting against the MLK holiday

when he was in the House. :eyes:

[Supersedeas]

54. Dan Senor and his media lovers must be salivating at the Repig rumor mill

[PRETZEL]

55. Trial balloon,

they need to see what kind of media and base reaction they would have.

It's nothing more than media research.

[alfredo]

56. Codaleezer and the Geezer.

She'd make sure he stays politically pure.

[Initech]

58. Gag!!!!

Although with as much as people fucking hate the Bush admin right now, a McCain/Rice ticket would spell failure.

[goclark]

61. They know that McCain won't last long

and he would just "retire" and then she and her husband would be President again.