Comments on: Smart Cookie

By: Matt Evans

Matt Evans — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 12:43:10 +0000

I’m not prepared to go to the mat for Rice yet. Give her a year or two at State and see if she cleans up over there. Rice is a risky proposition anyway- while we “enlightened” folks have little to no problem with a qualified black woman running the country, I suspect there will still be plenty of reservations (thats putting a polite spin on it) about a Rice presidency. I’d like to see her as a VP candidate in 2008, with a Pres. run in 2012, assuming things don’t come crashing in around her at State.

By: mongai

mongai — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 09:04:46 +0000

Terrye,

Paul Snively has it right. Though I don’t know how you feel about having to eat sitting before a lot of raw fish. Kirin Beer! Asahi beer, given it is part of the Asahi family and thus connected to Asahi Newspaper, is like drinking The Guardian.

Mongai

p.s. We actually aren’t big sushi fans either. Kobe and Ohmi beef in a nice sukiyaki!

By: Kyda Sylvester

Kyda Sylvester — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 05:33:45 +0000

I once had high hopes for Evan Bayh. Yes, he comes from the Senate, but he was a popular 2-term governor in a red state. Being a moderate from the mid-west, he’d be palatable to the south. He’s good looking, smart, personable and has an attractive family. I’ve never known him to make an outright fool of himself. Now, however, he seems to be joining ranks with the wackadoo wing of his party. If he spends the next four years pandering to his base, he might as well kiss his national ambitions goodbye.

By: Paul Snively

Paul Snively — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 03:27:38 +0000

Terrye, Terrye, Terrye. I once was a Hoosier like you: born in Terre Haute, raised in Columbus (yes, Indiana, not Ohio). I once thought “sushi” meant “raw fish,” too, but it doesn’t necessarily. You’re probably thinking of sashimi. There are plenty of cooked varieties of sushi; you should give one a try.

On the other hand, you’re in good company: my parents, who still live in Columbus, come out to LA relatively often to visit, and I still haven’t convinced them to try sushi either.

By: Sandy P

Sandy P — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 03:10:52 +0000

–I am looking forward to her policy speech in Paris.–

Ack, that’s not important.

What’s important is will she be wearing Chanel or American????

By: Terrye

Terrye — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 02:27:52 +0000

The only Democratic Senator that could stand a chance is Even Bayh and I am not sure he could take Indiana.

mongai, I will take you up opn the beer but no thanks on the raw fish.

By: Skookumchuk

Skookumchuk — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 01:09:45 +0000

Beating up Dominique de Villepin with one hand while playing a Chopin etude with the other.

My kinda woman.

By: Kyda Sylvester

Kyda Sylvester — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 00:02:08 +0000

Yes, that’s exactly what the Democrats need for their next presidential candidate. Another senator who’s to the left of John Kerry with even less presence. By all means. Bring. It. On.

I’m a Condi fan from way back. If things go well during her tenure as SOS, and there’s no reason to think they won’t, she will make a formidable candidate in ’08 even without having held elected office (there was talk at one time that she might come home and run for governor first, but that was before Arnold). After all, she will have been the President’s right hand for eight years. I question whether any woman is electable in these necessarily testosterone driven times. However, Rice already has demonstrated that she has a bigger set than most of the men of her acquaintance. Add that to the package of brains, acumen, beauty, culture, elegance, talent and those oh so useful feminine wiles and it sure sounds like a winning combination to me.

So the first woman POTUS and the first AA POTUS could very well be one in the same and she’ll be a Republican. Imagine that.

By: mongai

mongai — Sun, 06 Feb 2005 20:30:45 +0000

p.s. But wouldn’t she have to become Vice President in order to make it work? She can’t resign as Secretary of State in order to campaign in Iowa and still maintain credibility. Perhaps 2008 is too early. Oh well–got myself all worked up for nothing.

By: Cynic

Cynic — Sun, 06 Feb 2005 20:06:09 +0000

“The extent to which she is micromanaging the forthcoming Sharon-Abbas summit we may never know, but she is smart enough to know that the more the two parties seem to be working things out for themselves, the more likely a successful result.”

“Baker Institute offers ‘street map’ for Mideast peace”

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/world/3023697

“Djerejian, a former U.S. ambassador to Syria and Israel, said the policy paper, “Creating a Roadmap Implementation Process Under United States Leadership,” is a “street map to the road map” because of its detailed recommendations.”

So who is trying to micromanage things?

What with the Palestinians rejecting Israeli gestures to Abbas and Baker getting in on the act again we seem back to square one.