Condi for President? Something Happened on the Way to the Coronation

Rice announces she's not running, and she's also pro-abortion. What is Dick Morris thinking?

by Rod D. Martin
March 12, 2005

The Dick Morris juggernaut hit a serious snare this week as Condi Rice -- without question a fine Secretary of State -- announced not merely that she's not interested in running for office (President or anything else; but who believes a politician who says such things?), but that she's pro-abortion as well.

This is not the first time. Condi's told the press these things before -- all the way back to at least 1999 -- including the San Francisco Chronicle, the Weekly Standard and National Review.

What is different is that Morris has spent the past three months shouting from the rooftops -- and privately working to persuade key conservative leaders -- that Condi is the salvation of the Republican Party, indeed, "the only person in America who can beat Hillary".

This was dubious anyway. There are many good potential Republican candidates, and among them, the only one with a slam-dunk shot at the White House is Jeb Bush.

But what is certain is this: no candidate h…