She has shown ZIP on the campaigning ability scale. Not saying she doesn't have that skill, just that we've seen nothing. Moreover, she'd need to resign early in '07 to mount a proper campaign as she has no money built up or anything to date. VEEP in '08 -- far more of a possibility as its not beyond her demonstrated skills. Lots of GOPers want something like this so that they can say 'see, we're not racists.' Ludicrous really, as the Dems who view GOPers as racists won't alter their opinions anyway, the media will still hammer the GOPers on the same issues anyway, and most of the American electorate won't give a damn...about this or anything else.

Is Dr. Rice a tool? Maybe, but isn't that also part of the job description? It's not like Stanton's sense of independence contributed to the Union War effort in 1861-65 and Powell's "independence" didn't bring Operation Iraq to a stop. The cabinet are supposed to be working for the President to execute policy (within the confines of the law -- some of them forget this last bit -- <<cough Bill Casey>>).

Tribe', I'll agree with you that being a doctor doesn't confer morality on anybody if you'll at least consider the possibility that participation in the Bush administration is not an ipso facto demonstration of being morally moribund.