To follow up on my To follow up on my Condi post yesterday, Matt makes a great point that I truly meant to include in the original. My fascination with Condi is merely based on a great curiosity about her as a person – but of course, one can't mention those without taking into her account her complicity in all the misdeeds of the Bush administration. And I am definitely in agreement that John McCain probably wants to distance himself from the Bush administration in a major way. This would be hard with a cabinet member as his running mate. At the same time, though the administration as a whole is not nearly as favorable as it once was, McCain might still get some traction with the establishment for bringing along an administration official. And of the possibilities, she seems to be the least offensive overall, judged on merits. Now that whole woman and African American thing might still be a problem for others in the establishment.
--Kate Sheppard
