Via HappyFunPundit,
Goldblatt’s written a pithy little piece on Dowd, including what he defines as ‘the Dowd rule:’ "no one who thinks George W. Bush is stupid is as smart as George W. Bush." The article is definitely worth a quick read.

On an interesting aside, Goldblatt mentions the possibility of Condoleeza Rice running for president in 2008. I’ve thought for years that the best way for a minority or a woman to take the presidency would be as a Republican; voters from both sides of the American political spectrum would actually have a vested interest in the same candidate.

This is mostly just my little fantasy at this point, but, man, I just can’t get over how wonderful it would be to see Rice run in ’08. One of my biggest curiosities about this scenario revolves around Leftist reaction. How would a ‘good liberal’ vote? Watching lefties tie themselves in knots over whether to vote PC, or whether to vote socialist just would make me feel sooo warm and happy. I was already excited about the prospect of Powell running in ’08, but Condi would be even better. She’s black! She’s a woman! She’s intelligent! She’s a good public speaker! She’s running for president! She’s Republican?!!
What a Dem nightmare.