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Why Mitt Should Avoid Condi as VP

Kevin Spak — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:59:05 CDT

Did you like the Bush administration? No? Then why the heck would you want Condoleezza Rice to be Mitt Romney's running mate, asks Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal . A recent poll had Rice as Republican voters' top choice for the ticket, and it's easy to see why. "He's...

Marco Rubio: 'If I Do a Good Job as VP...'

Kevin Spak — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:00:05 CDT

Marco Rubio has said over and over that he doesn't want to be anyone's running mate this year, and he said it again yesterday in an interview with the National Journal at the University of Phoenix. But he also had what the Journal terms a "Freudian slip." "If in four...

Condi for VP?

Neal Colgrass — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:59:05 CST

How's this for a master chess move? Whoever emerges as the GOP presidential candidate can attract female voters, hush charges of conservative racism, and cover his lack of foreign policy experience all in one stroke: Name Condoleezza Rice as VP candidate. "Her addition to the ticket, which wouldn’t come until...

Pat Robertson: Is Mac & Cheese 'a Black Thing'?

Evann Gastaldo — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 09:05:49 CST

Pat Robertson and his always wacky quotes are back. On the 700 Club Wednesday, after watching a segment in which co-host Kristi Watts discussed Thanksgiving foods such as mac and cheese with Condoleezza Rice, Robertson was simply baffled. Turning to Watts, he asked, “What is this mac and cheese, is...

Rice: Syria on Verge of Civil War

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:18:57 CST

Syrian President Bashar Assad is taking his country to the brink of civil war, says former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice. She tells CNN's State of the Union that Assad "is no friend of the United States" and that his overthrow would be a "great thing" for the Syrian people,...

Boehner: We're Not Servants of the Rich

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 13:02:00 CST

The notion that Republicans are "servants of the rich" is "very unfair," John Boehner told Christiane Amanpour today , adding that his job is "to make sure that the American dream that was available to us is available for our kids and our grandkids. And frankly, I've got concerns that it...

Condi: We Feared We Were Poisoned

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 02:00:00 CDT

Condoleezza Rice recounted the day that she, President Bush, and Dick Cheney believed they had been exposed to a lethal toxin by terrorists. Cheney suddenly appeared on a secure video conference screen just weeks after 9/11 while Rice and Bush were traveling in China for the APEC summit. He warned...

Condi Rice Strikes Back in New Memoir

Neal Colgrass — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:35:28 CDT

It's time for Dick Cheney to take a little return fire from Condi Rice. Less than 2 months after his memoir described her as turning tearful during a political discussion , Condoleezza Rice has written her own book, No Higher Honor , which comes out next month, the New York Times reports....

Condi Rice Disses Cheney 'Cheap Shots': I Never Cried

Polly Davis Doig — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 07:37:17 CDT

Add Condoleezza Rice to the list of people torqued by Dick Cheney's opus: The former secretary of state is taking umbrage to Cheney's assertion that she "tearfully admitted I had been right" that the administration shouldn't apologize over a claim in George W Bush's 2003 State of the Union. "It...