Condoleezza Rice endorses Deb Fischer (R-NE)
Source: Omaha World Herald
By Joseph Morton
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Saturday threw her support behind Deb Fischer in the Nebraska Senate race.
The high-profile endorsement comes in the closing days of the contest between the Republican Fischer and Democrat Bob Kerrey.
Rice was Secretary of State under President George W. Bush and is now a professor at the Stanford University.
Fischer noted that she met Rice at a briefing earlier this year.
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Read more: http://www.omaha.com/article/20121103/NEWS/121109884/1685#condoleezza-rice-endorses-deb-fischer
Panasonic
(2,921 posts)BlueNoteSpecial
(141 posts)Mass
(27,315 posts)What does that tell us?
Tutonic
(2,522 posts)TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)what connection does Condi Rice have to Fischer, or Nebraska? Sounds like the GOP is nervous and dug up whatever political figure they could find at the last minute to endorse her.
TheFarseer
(9,328 posts)Chuck endorsed Bob Kerrey recently and is featured in ads airing in Nebraska. Sure he's a republican but still someone I respect and someone that can highlight Kerrey as a fair minded person who can work across party lines as is the theme of his campaign.
GOP is probably shocked at how poorly this is going. All ads are for Kerrey hitting hard on ethics and positive ads focused on what Kerrey has done for this country. Fisher ads say "nuh uh" or trumpet how Kerrey said something nice about a Democrat once. Is Condi respected in any circles anymore?
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)much weight her endorsement would carry. I just think it's weird and random, even though the article says they met once at a conference or something. I think in the end, Hagel's endorsement of Kerrey might help with middle of the road types--Indies and conserative Dems (which are pretty much the only kind in Nebraska anyway), not so much with Repubs, who are still probably pissed at him for his last few years in the Senate defying Bush/Crashcart (and for his helpfulness towards Obama). Condi might help with Repubs, I can't see anyone else being swayed by her. She can't separate herself from that administration's MASSIVE failures very well. I don't live in Nebraska anymore, so I'm just watching from a distance--but I always thought the politics there were interesting.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Buddaman
(503 posts)Tutonic
(2,522 posts)tee hee eee
Carolina
(6,960 posts)I loathe that woman
Skittles
(153,261 posts)Supersedeas
(20,630 posts)Raster
(20,998 posts)still_one
(92,492 posts)JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)is whether she is willing in trial at the Hague to testify against her co-conspirators (Rumsfeld, Cheney, Bush, Wolfowitz et al.) on charges of planning and waging aggressive war and commission of crimes against humanity in Iraq and around the world.
JB126
(165 posts)aintitfunny
(1,421 posts)I don't give a flying anything who Bush's office wife supports.
Wolf Frankula
(3,604 posts)Remember the song?
Wolf
JohnnyRingo
(18,673 posts)Maybe Rice is one of those undecided voters we keep hearing about.
lsewpershad
(2,620 posts)to your life Rice.....without it you are a loser.
DallasNE
(7,404 posts)Rove has dumped over a half-million dollars recently into this race in support of Fischer. Not sure how this helps Fischer after Kerrey cleaned her clock on national security issues in the debates. Her only hope is that nobody was watching.
sally5050
(151 posts)bringing her out is another huge PR mistake.. the rethugs don't get it.. people hate everything associated with the bush administrations years in office.
including Condi.
winstars
(4,220 posts)-LOKI -BAD FOR YA
(308 posts)Last edited Sun Nov 4, 2012, 11:11 AM - Edit history (2)
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)of the same skin color tells them to? African-americans have been voting for white people for years, making up their own minds based on facts, not endorsements.
-LOKI -BAD FOR YA
(308 posts)i would vote for tree if it was doing a good job.if you see my posting ,i joke alot ,i hate being mean it turns off alot of people.
goclark
(30,404 posts)that I have ever known.
Too bad that she couldn't wake up and do like the vile sample holder and now votes for OBAMA!!!!!
is a disgrace. She supported the Lying Bush Administration to the tee unlike General Colin Powell. She associates herself with a Party that has white supremacists and now supports lying Romney and Ryan. In other words, she is bought and paid for in my opinion.
freethought
(2,457 posts)How about Paul Wolfowitz?! Ummm......no. Dick Cheney? DEFINITELY NOT! How about GWB himself? Nobody is that desperate. Besides, the GOP is doing nearly everything in its power to make sure GWB does not escape his cage and stays well out of sight. Like I said in a previous post once, the GOP doesn't like to talk about HIM.