RICE:Black U.S. President Is Possible

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice insists that the United States of America is ready to elect a black president.

The moderate-conservative Republican, who is America's highest-ranking black government official, has said repeatedly she will not run for president despite high popularity ratings and measurable support for a presidential bid in opinion polls. She said the first successful black candidate will be "judged by all the things that Americans ultimately end up making their decision on: Do I agree with this person? Do I share this person's basic values?

Am I comfortable that this person is going to make decisions when I'm not in the room that are very consequential?" At the same time, she said, "We should not be naive. Race is still an issue in America. When a person walks into a room, race is evident. It's something that I think is going to be with us for a very, very long time.

"Secretary Rice declined to say whether she would like to see her predecessor and partymate, Colin Powell, become a candidate. "I'm not going to give Colin any advice, and he's not going to give me any advice on this one," Secretary Rice said. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, is currently the most prominent black politician to emerge as a potential candidate for the 2008 presidential race.

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Bookers response: It is possible now. However, the issue is whether it is probable now? I say no, and folks need to put down the crack pipe. Hopefully my skepticism will be proven dead wrong in the future. And I could live with a general election matchup between Secretary Condi Rice and Sen. Barack Obama, but that will never happen.

Devone Tucker, a black conservative Republican blogger, asks: "The only question is, will it be a black Democrat or a black Republican who achieves that goal?"