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Condi vs. Hillary 2008?

Cosmic Variance
By Mark Trodden
Oct 16, 2005 7:38 AMNov 5, 2019 8:04 AM

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Dick Morris has his professional eye on women, as opposed to his usual practice of having his eye on professional women. Somehow I'd missed that this was coming. The Observer is carrying an extract from Condi vs Hillary: The Next Great Presidential Race, coauthored by Morris, with Eileen McGann.

If the thought of another Clinton presidency excites you, then the future indeed looks bright. Because, as of this moment, there is no doubt that Hillary Clinton is on a virtually uncontested trajectory to win the Democratic nomination and, very likely, the 2008 election. She has no serious opposition in her party. The order of presidential succession from 1992 through 2008, in other words, may well become Bush, Clinton, Bush, Clinton. But her victory is not inevitable. There is one, and only one, figure in America who can stop Hillary Clinton: Secretary of State Condoleezza 'Condi' Rice. Among all of the possible Republican candidates for President, Condi alone could win the nomination, defeat Hillary and derail a third Clinton administration.

I'd like to think that the U.S. is ready to consider a woman for President. On the other hand, neither of these two is particularly interesting to me, although I'd take Hillary over Condi, were this to be our choice.

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