Powell Throws in Towel - Rice Looks Nice

It's been reported by a senior administration official that President Bush will replace the retiring Secretary of State Colin Powell with Condoleeza Rice, the current National Security Advisor.

The choice of Dr. Rice as Secetary of State is a fine one & she will do an outstanding job. She may also be able to rein in the entrenched careerists at the Dept of State who have a history of contrariness when it comes to following a President's policies.

Colin Powell has served the country admirably as a warrior & then as a diplomat. He will be missed.

Either Powell or Rice would be a powerful candidate as the Republican 2008 presidential nominee, although we think Powell would not seek it.