CNN: Pickles "would love to see" Condi run for prez, weighs in on Scalito

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Laura Bush: Rice in '08?
First lady would 'love to see' secretary of state run for president

Friday, January 13, 2006; Posted: 7:46 p.m. EST (00:46 GMT)

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/13/laura.bush/index.html

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Ahead of her trip to witness the inauguration of Africa's first elected female president, first lady Laura Bush said Friday that the United States could elect a female president in the next few terms, and said she would like to cast a ballot for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. "She says she definitely is not running," Bush told CNN's Zain Verjee. "I'd love to see her run, she's terrific."

Laura Bush also weighed in on the Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, which wrapped up on Friday, calling for a "civil and respectful hearing." (Read the transcript of the interview)

Bush said she offered support to Alito's wife, Martha-Ann Bomgardner, who left Wednesday's hearing in tears during comments by Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-South Carolina, regarding questions from Democrats. A staffer said Bomgardner apparently was upset at an earlier line of questioning over her husband's prior membership in Concerned Alumni of Princeton, which advocated admission restrictions on women and minorities.

The first lady said the hearings should not include personal attacks. "I do think it's really important in the United States for people like Judge Alito to be treated with respect," she said. "I think it's very important for the Senate to have a very civil and respectful hearing for anyone that has been nominated for the Supreme Court or for the other jobs that require Senate confirmation."

[CrazyOrangeCat]

1. I'm gonna be sick

:puke:

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

2. That's so sweet!

Actually, I'd love to see Condi run too, just because she would finally be subjected to some hard questioning and coverage about her actions and inactions and prevarications.

[rfranklin]

3. They were able to put Junior into the White House...

with his record of alcoholism and drug abuse and no accomplishments to speak of. They can probably get her into the White House with the asistance of the Liberal Media.

[Chipper Chat]

4. If she runs she will win because

all she has to do is cry during the debates with Hillary and......she's home free!

[TomInTib]

5. She wants to keep Condi away from the Testy Kid

[leesa]

6. She's really got a thing for liars, huh?