So who likes Condi Rice as VP to Romney?

[Blake]

Condi's not bad

I think CC is underestimating Biden in a debate though

And overestimating Rice a bit, imo

[boutons_deux]

Condi Rice Veep Buzz Designed to Divert From Bain

You may be shocked to learn that former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will not be Mitt Romney's running mate pick. But what about that Drudge exclusive, you ask? The one with the BIG EXCLAMATION POINT after Condi's name?! The one that broke yesterday afternoon, after the Obama campaign spent an entire day hammering Romney for a Boston Globe story* that questioned the Mittster's truthfulness when he asserted that he was not involved with Bain Capital during its outsourcing years?

Exactly.

Condoleezza Rice is a pro-choice woman who also oversaw two very unpopular wars. Pick her, and all the prevarication that led the U.S. into Iraq gets re-prosecuted in the court of public opinion. Pick her, and the evangelical vote fails to turn out.

As Poppy Bush might say, "Nah gah happ'n."

But it made for a nice shiny object for distracting the media from that nasty Bain stuff for a couple of hours there, no?


http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews...in/#paragraph2

[boutons_deux]

The Shrinking Resume of Mitt Romney

Asked during a press conference here whether he thought Romney’s experience at Bain should be part of his “record,” McDonnell shook his head and said “No. No.”

Wait a minute. I thought Romney’s experience at Bain was precisely what Mitt’s been citing all along as his principal qualification to be president. He hardly ever mentions his tenure as governor of Massachusetts, since some evil genie stole into the State Capital and signed health care legislation while Romney was presumably off creating a job or stopping an abortion or something. So if we’re not looking at Bain, what are we supposed to look at?

“All of these attacks are things that happened after Mitt Romney left as the managing director of Bain — he left to run the Olympics, some of the best Olympics in history in 2002,” McDonnell said.

http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews...ey/#paragraph4

http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews...ey/#paragraph4

[TheProfessor]

I like and respect her. But she has the W. stigma. One of Obama's main lines of criticism will be that Romney wants to take us back to the failed policies of four years ago - selecting Condi would reinforce that.

[SnakeBoy]

I like and respect her. But she has the W. stigma. One of Obama's main lines of criticism will be that Romney wants to take us back to the failed policies of four years ago - selecting Condi would reinforce that.

I don't think that would be an effective line of attack. The biggest drawback would be her assiciation with the Iraq war but I would think that is a touch line to walk considering Obama's actions as pres. The upside to her is she would be debating Biden, she'd smoke his ass.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

I like and respect her. But she has the W. stigma. One of Obama's main lines of criticism will be that Romney wants to take us back to the failed policies of four years ago - selecting Condi would reinforce that.

I agree with this. I would add from a demographics standpoint Rice would be pointless. At the end of the day it would be incredibly easy to run a direct line from Rice to all the Bush foreign policy gaffes/failures.

The line would be Rice got us into Iraq, Obama got us out.

[baseline bum]

I like and respect her. But she has the W. stigma. One of Obama's main lines of criticism will be that Romney wants to take us back to the failed policies of four years ago - selecting Condi would reinforce that.

W trashed a lot of people. Powell looked like he'd end up a great future Republican presidential candidate until Bush made him fall on his sword for him at the UN. Too bad, as I would have voted for Powell over Obama or any other jackass in this race in a second.

[Yonivore]

W trashed a lot of people. Powell looked like he'd end up a great future Republican presidential candidate until Bush made him fall on his sword for him at the UN.

The man was a four- ing-star General and you want to play the "Bush-made-him-do-it" card?

"...Bush made him..." What was he, some kind of playground bully?



Powell is an unprincipled hack who followed the political winds. He let that Valerie Plame nonsense go on way too long and should have thrown Armitage to the ing wolves.

[ElNono]

So what ideas she brings to the table? Or she should be just picked for the potential comedy factor of debating Joe?

[ElNono]

W trashed a lot of people. Powell looked like he'd end up a great future Republican presidential candidate until Bush made him fall on his sword for him at the UN. Too bad, as I would have voted for Powell over Obama or any other jackass in this race in a second.

Agreed.

[baseline bum]

Powell wanted no part of that piece of war and fought Bush like to keep us from going there. Then he stupidly played good soldier to his jackass president and destroyed his career going forward.

[baseline bum]

The fact that braindead partisans Yonivore and boutons both hate Powell further convinces me he would have been an excellent president.

[Yonivore]

...stupidly...

Call him stupid and, still, you think he's presidential material?

[Wild Cobra]

I would do Condi... I mean vote for her.

[boutons_deux]

But she has the W. stigma.

When you play with pigs, you get dirty and smelly.

She was running NatSec Jan 2001 - 9/11 and did NOTHING, not even one meeting, about Islamic terrorism. Terrorism/OBL was a Clinton obsession that had to be ignored and negated by Repugs, ideologically. If OBL was Dem thing, it meant the Repugs had to ignore it, be against it.

During the 2008 campaign, Repugs didn't breathe a word about 2001-2008 dubya and head's Reign of Error and Crime, didn't run on "we need more of the same Repug excellence as dubya and head", because they had no accomplishments, successes to highlight. And the Repugs STILL don't talk about dubya and head and those 8 years of .

[jack sommerset]

Mitt will stay away from her for one huge reason, she was to close to the Bush connection. It would have beenbinteresting to see how many black votes she could get the republicans considering 96 percent voted for Obama last election. God bless

[DMX7]

The VP debate would be a slaughter.

Joe Biden: Dr. Rice, what was your job le on the date of September 11, 2001?

Condoleezza Rice: United States National Security Advisor.

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Joe Biden: Dr. Rice, what was your job le on the date of September 11, 2001?

Condoleezza Rice: United States National Security Advisor.

How many anti-terrorist meetings, or ANY NatSec meetings, did you hold from 20 Jan 2011 to 11 Sep?

What was your priority, the #1 threat to USA, as NatSec Advisor?

[Nbadan]

I don't think that the number of black voters which Condi could draw would be enough to pull Romney ahead in any of the swing states, so no

besides....Rice-a-Romney? really?

[Wild Cobra]

I don't think that the number of black voters which Condi could draw would be enough to pull Romney ahead in any of the swing states, so no

besides....Rice-a-Romney? really?

I agree. those who vote for someone because they are black would call her Uncle Tom's mistress, or something similar. I would vote for her because I believe she would make a good president.

[Sportcamper]

The VP debates Condi vs. goofy Joe...Priceless...

[DMX7]

She would get curb stomped in a debate with Joe Biden.

[Wild Cobra Kai]

Mitt will stay away from her for one huge reason, she was to close to the Bush connection. It would have beenbinteresting to see how many black votes she could get the republicans considering 96 percent voted for Obama last election. God bless

I think it would be more interesting to see how having her on the ticket torpedoed the Southern Strategy. It's already in a bit of trouble with a Mormon on the top of the ticket. Can you imagine how many white Baptists would stay home with that, in combination with a black woman in the VP slot?

[Clipper Nation]

Nobody wants to be Willard's running mate
Willard: flip-flopper, fraud, loser
McCain 2.0
Makes Obama look better with each new lie

[boutons_deux]

C-U gonna throw $1.5B at Barry, will make Swift-Boat look like a song of love

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/