The GOP's New Black Friend Update

Salon had the following to say about the rumors about Rice as a possible McCain VP:

Indeed, Senor didn't have any evidence beyond Rice's appearance at Norquist's meeting, which is pretty thin substantiation and hardly constitutes "actively" campaigning.

Salon goes on to reference a recent quote from Rice herself:

I have always said that the one thing that I have not seen myself doing is running for elected office in the United States.

So go ahead and breath a sigh of relief. But be forewarned world, she only said she wasn't interested in elected office in the U.S. That leaves the rest of the planet (and solar system for that matter) wide open.

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The GOP's New Black Friend

It is starting to look like the GOP, and McCain particular, really do watch The Colbert Report. Over the weekend on ABC's This Week program, Dan Senor, a republican strategist (what the freak does that MEAN? could I be an American Idol strategist because I watch every episode and am not afraid to voice my opinion?), said that Condoleezza Rice has been actively campaigning the McCain campaign to be his VP pick.

Holy pajama bottoms Batman! This certainly wouldn't be the sneakiest thing the GOP has ever pulled, but it comes close. In a lot of people's eyes this would be a brilliant counter-punch to the Democrats offering up either the first African American or female presidential candidate. TaDa! An African American woman! Beat that liberals.

But not so fast. What would Condi really bring to the ticket? Foreign policy experience, but does McCain really need balancing in that area? And how many African Americans or women for that matter who are either undecided or liberal are going to be swayed by Rice? Frankly, she comes off as even less "black" than Obama if you want to go down that road. And of course she plays a mean concert piano.

Finally, is it a positive for the McCain campaign to literally connect themselves to the Bush Administration by selecting as his VP one of its longest running cabinet members? I mean I get that McCain thinks he can somehow turn Bush's legacy of destruction and devastation into a winning bid for the White House, but pardon me if I don't get how. And Condi has been riding shotgun for the whole eight years, smiling at  her husband Dubya the whole time.