Condoleezza Rice Finally, Officially Endorses Mitt Romney
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice appeared at a California fundraiser for Mitt Romney last night to officially back the GOP presidential hopeful's White House bid.
"If America is going to rebuild its strength at home, rebuild its sense of who we are, it needs a leader that also understands how really exceptional the United States of America is, and is not afraid to lead on the basis of that exceptionalism,” Rice reportedly said of Romney.
"The only thing that people dislike more than unilateral American leadership is no American leadership at all.”
Rice's endorsement came one day after Romney officially clinched the nomination, and her delay — as well as that of other former diplomats — has some Washington insiders wondering if Romney still faces a deficit amongst the "Republican foreign policy establishment," including Henry Kissinger.
Regardless of any potential hesitancy, Rice his a lot of the "right" notes by tacitly claiming President Obama doesn't believe in American exceptionalism, a common narrative since 2008.
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Posted by: Modern Meet | May 31, 2012 3:30:10 PM
Maybe she endorsed him because she doesn't see color or sexual preference. Maybe she's just a Republican.
Posted by: Name: | May 31, 2012 5:44:24 PM
Condi endorses Mitt. Well that might get him a few black votes, but on the whole, who cares? She's not very relevant today...and people were saying Colin Powell isn't relevant. I believe he's a few steps higher on the relevance ladder than Miz Condi.
Posted by: jim | May 31, 2012 7:59:57 PM
Wow. I'm surprised.
*shrug*
Posted by: gayalltheway | May 31, 2012 8:36:06 PM