Who’s the real dream team?
April 9, 2008
Foon Rhee, Boston Globe
Many Democrats might believe that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama would be the dream ticket in November.
But at least in New York state, a must-win state for Democrats, the real dream team would be Republicans John McCain and Condoleezza Rice, according to a new poll.
The NBC/Marist College survey of Empire State voters says that the GOP team would beat a Clinton-Obama ticket 49 percent to 46 percent and a ticket with Obama on top by 49 percent to 44 percent. A quarter of Democrats in Clinton’s home state would break ranks and vote for McCain and Rice, the survey says.
Rice: Still Not Running for VP
April 7, 2008
Glenn Kessler, Washington Post
Condoleezza Rice wants it known: She is still not interested in being vice president.
Sean McCormack, her spokesman, today tried to dampen speculation that erupted Sunday after Dan Senor, a GOP political operative, claimed on ABC’s “This Week” that Rice was “actively, actually in recent weeks, campaigning” for the job. Peppered with questions at the regular State Department briefing, McCormack reiterated that Rice wants to return to Stanford University, where she is a tenured professor.
“I think what she is considering is focusing on her work as Secretary of State because — you may have missed it — but there’s actually quite a bit to do,” McCormack said. “There’s quite a bit left to do here as secretary of State.”
Dan Senor: Condoleezza Rice is Pursuing the VP Spot
April 6, 2008
ABC Political Radar
ABCNews’ Mary Bruce Reports: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is actively courting the Vice Presidential nomination, according to Republican Strategist Dan Senor. “Condi Rice has been actively, actually in recent weeks, campaigning for this,” Senor said this morning on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.”
According to Senor, Rice has been cozying up to the Republican elite. “There’s this ritual in Washington, the Americans for Tax Reform, which is headed by Grover Norquist, he holds a weekly meeting of conservative leaders, about 100, 150 people, sort of inside, chattering, class types,” Senor explained. “They all typically get briefings from political conservative leaders. Ten days ago, they had an interesting visit. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. The first time a Secretary of State has visited the Wednesday Meeting.”
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