June 22, 2006

Political News Roundup

Politics

Do you give money to the Sierra Club? If you do, you're putting Democrats in office! The Sierra Club is planning on putting between five and ten million dollars into competitive state races this year.

What makes a liberal a liberal? Mark Goldblatt weighs in and he's right on the money. [I know, I was one!]

Think Hillary can win? John Hawkins doesn't, and lists The Top 8 Reasons Why Hillary Clinton Is a Weaker Candidate Than People Think.

Meanwhile, Condoleezza Rice is more popular than you'd think:

When Esquire asked American men who they would invite from a list of 14 notable women to a dinner party, they chose Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice - over such stars as Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston and Jessica Simpson.
Dinner with Condi? Sign me up!

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October 19, 2005

Condi in . . . '06?

The rumor mill is spinning out of control as Plamegate drags on. And in good ol' American journalistic tradition, US News is reporting rumors:
Sparked by today's Washington Post story that suggests Vice President Cheney's office is involved in the Plame-CIA spy link investigation, government officials and advisers passed around rumors that the vice president might step aside and that President Bush would elevate Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

"It's certainly an interesting but I still think highly doubtful scenario," said a Bush insider. "And if that should happen," added the official, "there will undoubtedly be those who believe the whole thing was orchestrated - another brilliant Machiavellian move by the VP."

Everyone from NewsMax to Salon.com is picking up on it so I expect it to be all over MSM by tommorrow morning.

This is a damn fine idea, as demonstrated by Wizbang's 3 Things that don't scare Condoleezza Rice.

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June 28, 2005

Dr. Rice Through Foreign Diplomat Eyes

The Christian Science Monitor has several quotes from foreign dignitaries about how Condi is shaping world opinion:
"She has taken control of the State Department, and she is still in charge [of foreign policy] back at the White House. For her there is no border, no door between the State Department and the [National Security Council]," says a high-ranking European diplomat in Washington. "She is probably the most powerful secretary of State in decades."
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March 27, 2005

Quote of the Day

From Condoleezza Rice:
I'm a package, I'm black and female and me. I think I act as Condi Rice, and that's a person who is female and black and grew up in Alabama and lived in California and was a professor.
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March 15, 2005

Rice is a Strong Leader

Even the LA Times can see that Rice is Reshaping Foreign Policy:
Condoleezza Rice began her term as secretary of State with a tour of Europe and the Middle East last month that showed off her skills as a fence mender. The weeks that followed have revealed another side of her style.

After clashing with the Egyptians, Rice canceled a visit to Cairo. Amid tensions with the Canadians days later, she abruptly postponed a trip to Ottawa. She recalled the U.S. ambassador to Syria within 24 hours of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, as accusations of Syrian involvement swirled.

And Rice has spoken publicly in blunt terms rarely heard from her predecessor, Colin L. Powell. "States that don't recognize that the Middle East is changing, and, indeed, try to halt that change ... need to be isolated and condemned," she said in a recent PBS interview.

The tough new tone is just one of the changes that have been occurring in Foggy Bottom, the Washington neighborhood that is home to the department, since President Bush's former national security advisor was sworn in Jan. 26.

Among other changes, Rice has begun assembling an inner circle that will assert close control over key diplomatic issues. She also is seeking to speed decision making and action. Above all, she is trying to reshape an administration's foreign policy that has had many voices so that it has just one — that of Bush, her boss and confidant.

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February 26, 2005

Comparing Condi and Hillary

An interesting set of comparisons between Hillary and Rice is over at the Washingtonian Online. I shamelessly stole it and added a couple of items:
ClintonRiceComment
Birth DateOctober 26, 1947November 14, 1954Both are Scorpios
HometownChicago, IllinoisBirmingham, AlabamaDamn yankee vs. Southern girl
Earned Degrees
  • Wellesley College
  • Yale Law
  • University of Denver: bachelor's degree in political science, cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa
  • Master's from Notre Dame
  • PhD from Denver
That's Doctor Rice
Honorary DegreesMore than tenSevenMeaningless trinkets given to curry favor
Party AffiliationStarted out as a Goldwater Republican, now a liberal DemocratDemocrat until 1982, now a RepublicanClinton grew power hungry, Rice grew up
Social LifeParties with the rich and famous:
  • Donald Trump's Palm Beach wedding
  • Star Jones's celebrity-studded nuptials
  • Katie Couric's table at a benefit aboard the Queen Mary 2
Seriously single:
  • Dated former San Francisco 49ers star Gene Washington
  • On her 50th birthday, she partied with Vernon Jordan, Karl Rove, and Karen Hughes
  • She upped her hipness quotient by dining at Galileo with U2 frontman Bono
Fluff vs. Substance
Favorite DesignerOscar de la Renta: wore a yellow de la Renta pantsuit to the Trump weddingOscar de la Renta: received a red ball gown from the designer for her 50th birthdayThey're both women, but one wears pants to a formal wedding.
MusicNo known abilityHas played piano since age threeMusic training greatly enhances spatial-temporal reasoning required for math, chess, science and engineering.
Working OutHas a small gym in her New York homeA former competitive ice skater, she runs on a treadmill every morningOne possesses something, the other does something
Dining OutHas been spotted at Restaurant Nora and Cafe MilanoEats at Marcel's as well as Bush favorite Peking Gourmet Inn in Falls Church; cooks gumbo and other Southern dishesAgain, fluff vs. substance
HairstylistIsabelle Goetz of Cristophe SalonWatergate SalonOne has a personal stylist at a solon, the other has a favorite salon. Did we say fluff vs. substance before?
By the BooksOne writes self-aggrandizing fiction and edits cutsy kids letters. The other is an expert in history and foriegn affairs and writes scholarly works.
Experience
  • Advised the Children's Defense Fund in Cambridge
  • Joined the impeachment inquiry staff advising the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives
  • Taught at University of Arkansas Law School
  • Chaired the Arkansas Educational Standards Committee
  • Currently Senator from New York
  • Professor of Political Science, Stanford
  • Winner of 1984 Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • Winner of 1993 School of Humanities and Sciences Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching
  • Six year tenure as Stanford University 's Provost
  • Director, and then Senior Director, of Soviet and East European Affairs in the National Security Council under Bush 41
  • Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs under Bush 41
  • Special Assistant to the Director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • Served on Federal Advisory Committee on Gender -- Integrated Training in the Military
  • National Security Advisor for Bush 43
  • Currently Secretary of State for Bush 43
Glamour ShotAppeared in the December 1998 issue of Vogue.Appeared in the October 2001 issue of Vogue
For the FansDesigner Marc Jacobs created a funky Hillary T-shirtA bobble-head doll
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