Laura Bush supports Condi Rice for President in 2008

DallasBlog.com | Tom Pauken:

“Most of the neoconservative leadership supports the candidacy of Sen. John McCain who is the current frontrunner for the Republican nomination in 2008. It is difficult to see how [Secretary of State Condoleezza] Rice could emerge as a serious contender in 2008 (Laura Bush's support notwithstanding) unless she wound up replacing Dick Cheney as VP prior to the beginning of that nomination process.”

Ed Cognoski responds:

It's all wild speculation at this point, kind of like chawin' over whether Terrell Owens is coming to the Cowboys. What bears watching are how many trial balloons are floated in the press, like the mostly flattering Telegraph article cited by Mr Pauken. And, just as important, whether the knives start to come out to cut up Condoleezza Rice's reputation, playing up the more critical points added to the story by Mr Pauken in his report in the Dallas Blog. That'll be a sign that a Rice candidacy is being taken seriously. The Harriet Myers nomination demonstrated how efficiently some factions in the Republican Party can play that blood sport. Stay tuned.