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Rice Would Beat Kerry, Lose To Hillary In 2008
(Angus Reid Consultants - CPOD Global Scan) - The success of Condoleezza Rice as a potential 2008 Republican presidential nominee depends on her rivals, according to a poll by Rasmussen Reports. 45 per cent of respondents would vote for the current state secretary in a head-to-head contest against 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry.
Rice acted as the White House's national security advisor during United States president George W. Bush's first term in office. Last November, Bush nominated Rice as state secretary after the resignation of Colin Powell. Rice previously worked as a special Soviet and East European affairs advisor to former president George H. Bush, as a tenured professor as Stanford University, and as a foreign policy advisor to Bush during the 2000 presidential campaign.
In an election pitting Rice against current New York senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Democrat holds a seven per cent lead over the Republican.
Rodham Clinton ruled out a presidential bid in 2004. Neither of the two major political parties in the U.S. has ever nominated a woman for president. In 1984, New York congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro was Walter Mondale's vice-presidential nominee in the Democratic ticket.
Polling Data
Who would you vote for in an election pitting Condoleezza Rice against these two prospective Democratic candidates?
Condoleezza Rice (R) 45% - 43% John Kerry (D)
Condoleezza Rice (R) 40% - 47% Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)
Source: Rasmussen Reports
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 1,000 American adults, conducted on Jan. 29 and Jan. 30, 2005. Margin of error is 3 per cent.
