I want the Repubs to nominate Jeb Bush and the Dems to nominate Hillary. Let's have real dynastic politics to go with our empire, dammit!

My thinking lately has been Jeb/Condi. I don't see that former Senators have all that great a track record running for the top spot in recent times. I suspect the Hillabeast has a mean streak that makes Bob Dole seem positively benign.

I don't see it happening for Rice. I still think that any bump she gets from moderates and even Dems for being a woman and a minority, she loses almost as much for the same reasons. I think the same happens to Hillary. Sure she sounds good on paper with her last name and such, but when it comes to the booth, how many men are going to choose her? There are still men out there who will use the stupid line that once a month we would have to take the nuclear codes away from them.

I hope they do end up being the nominees because I think that would be the best chance for a 3rd party candidate to compete.

So many other countries have had female presidents/prime ministers – such as England, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, India, the Philippines, and even Muslim countries like Pakistan and Turkey. It’s really sad that so many people think it can't happen here, and sadder yet that they might be right.

Andy – I couldn’t help but notice that you refer to Senator Clinton as “Hillary”, while Ms. Rice is usually “Rice” (except for the first paragraph). I think your readers are smart enough to figure out which Clinton you are referring to in this case, especially since you used the prefix “President” to refer to her husband.

I'm with Heather. It would be fascinating to finally have a woman President. I would not vote for Hillary because of her desire to take over and run the medical system in this country as well as her other tendencies to take over as much as possible of other peoples decision making in their lives. On the other hand, we know next to nothing about Dr. Rice's real political positions. What I have seen makes her at least someone who should run.

How about Sen. Hutchinson of Texas? She's been elected twice and seems to have done a good job in the Senate. I suspect that there are a lot of other good candidates out there once the party starts seriously looking around.

What we need to see are more women who are active in politics and electable to governorships in major states. Governors are much better trained to head up a bureaucracy [sp?] than most senators. They've had to put up with it at the state level and know how to work with legislatures.

How about running for office Heather?

Have you seen the size of my skeleton closet? I'm pretty much unelectable... but on the bright side, if I ran for office Andy could make some money selling stories about me to the Enquirer.

Forget gender and ethnicity. What on earth has Rice ever accomplished politically that makes anyone think she's qualified to run for President?

Wes, between 2008 and 2014, a gov't paid health care program will be passed by Congress. Even if the Hillary-haters are the majority. She was just about 20 years early for the boomers.

Rice would do better to break out on her own in two years. As I've said here before, I think Karl will run both Jeb and Condi - they'll get all the attention.

Kay Bailey is going to take on Gov. Perry for 2006, probably not enough for a 2008 race. Like Condi, she's probably playing for the VP spot. I don't think she'll do well nationally - we always thought of her as our Elizabeth Dole. Not somebody you could get excited about.

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