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The ASSociated Press has Rice: Criticism of Miers Is Unfounded.

Criticism of Harriet Miers as an unqualified crony of the president is unfounded, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday, praising the Supreme Court nominee for a “probing intellect” that will make her a great justice.

Rice said she has worked closely with Miers, the current White House counsel and a former deputy chief of staff on international legal issues, on matters such as a president’s wartime powers.

“She’s got a very probing mind and a probing intellect,” Rice said on “Fox News Sunday.”

“She is the kind of person who is if there have been four arguments given, Harriet’s going to look for the fifth,” said Rice, who was interviewed from London at the end of a diplomatic trip.

Referring to Miers’ critics, Rice, said, “I think that when they get to know her in the hearings, in the confirmation hearings, that they’re going to see a woman of extraordinary talent, extraordinary integrity and somebody who would be an extraordinary Supreme Court justice.”

Flap agrees and continues to support the Miers’ nomination.

Let’s hear from her at the judiciary committee hearings before anyone makes a final judgment.

Check out Ken Masugi’s (Claremont Institute) Miers Weekend Roundup here.

Technorati Tags: Supreme Court, George Bush, Harriet Miers, Condoleezza Rice

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice shake hands as they meet in Moscow, October 15, 2005. Rice is in Moscow on a surprise trip to seek Russia’s support for a hard line policy against Iran.

The ASSociated Press has Rice: I Don’t Want to Run for President.

For Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, no means no — and no again — when it comes to whether she will run for president.

“It’s not what I want to do with my life, it’s not what I’m going to do with my life,” Rice said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

No means No for Condoleeza.

Flap sees no reason why the new Republican President would not wish to continue her in his administration but Flap predicts she will return to academia and a less public life.

Flap handicaps the 2008 Presidential Race as Giuliani-Allen Vs. Clinton-Richardson.

Technorati Tags: Hillary Clinton, Condoleezza Rice, Rudy Giuliani, George Allen, Bill Richardson

We poll our panel of the nations leading journalist on the most compelling political questions of the week!
	Paul Gigot Wall Street Journal	Campbell Brown NBC News	Gloria Borger CNBC/US News & World Report	Sam Donaldson ABC News	Norah O’Donnell NBC News	Howard Fineman Newsweek
	Clarence Page Chicago Tribune	Andrew Sullivan New Republic / Time Magazine	Katty Kay BBC	Joe Klein Time Magazine	Tucker Carlson CNN/PBS	David Gregory NBC

From the Chris Matthews television show, question of the week:

WILL HARRIET MIERS WITHDRAW?

YES: 3

NO: 9

Yes, Flap knows these are primarily leftie MSM types but it illustrates the box the LEFT presently finds itself.

Will the leftie MSM oppose Miers or……..support an evangelical Christian from Texas and a Friend of W?

Stay tuned.

Technorati Tags: Supreme Court, George Bush, Harriet Miers, Christ Matthews