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....and she don't care. If she did, she wouldn't lie to the American people. Kick her to the curb America, she doesn't appreciate us.

Obama 08

Condi, please run. We need your foreign experience as well as your experience as National Security Advisor.

McCain OR Rice could beat those pandering Democrats- Mrs. Hillary (Integrity) Clinton and Mr Barack (Change is good) Obama. I think either McCain or Rice could ably lead this country- so I have no objections to that ticket.
I am so tired of listening to those two spineless Democrats telling everyone anything they want to hear, never intending to fulfill any of their putrid bloated promises.
You want free health care- you got it.
You want the world to love you- you got it.
You want to buy that house you cant afford- you got it.
You want national security but no soldiers hurt- you got it.
You want more promises- here are more lies.
On and on and on...

Sorry Nick,

A McCain/Rice ticket doesn't do it for us. We've pressed our noses to the window long enough. We think a woman, or a black man can actually go to the ball. Imagine that?

Sign,
Cinderella

WHATEVER!! This is propaganda at it's finest. WIn what? A contest of how completely desperate and fear ridden the American people are? This is only a bad dream. We can do better for our country!

OBAMA!!!

THE MAIN REASON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WILL LOSE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA IS BECAUSE OF GEORGE BUSH´S OVERALL FAILED POLICIES OVER THE PAST SEVEN YEARS. JOHN McCAIN ALONE REPRESENTS AN ATTEMPT TO WIN A THIRD TERM FOR BUSH. CONDOLEEZA RICE WILL REPRESENT BUSH´S FOURTH TERM. HOW CAN TWO NEGATIVES ADDED TOGETHER GIVE A POSITIVE ANYTHING, LET ALONE A REPUBLICAN WIN? THOSE BEHIND THE POLLS SHOULD ASK THE RUSSIANS TO HELP WITH THE MATHEMATICS.

AS A CLINTON SUPPORTER I RESENT THE FACT THAT MSNBC TV HAS CHOSEN TO SUPPORT OBAMA IN SUCH A WAY THAT I REFUSE TO PATRONIZE THE SPONSORS OF HARDBALL WITH C.MATTHEWS AND COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLDERMANN,AND I URGE EVERY SUPPORTER TO NOT PATRONIZE THESE PEOPLE,JABANKS,HUGHES.NET,VERIZON AND BUICK

August is almost here, I can't wait to vote for a Democrat!

I'm tuning out the hate-mongers and tuning into America.

Obama 08
America 08
Obama 08
America is Great!!!

Other than Cheney, I can’t think of anyone with less credibility than Secretary Rice.

She epitomizes the concept of political “stooge”.

She was a poor National Security Advisor (Some advice she gave huh?)
She is an ineffective Secretary of State (has she accomplished anything?)

She really needs to go back to academia. She did a good job there and I think it is a more appropriate level for her.

Hello, Obama is a winner all over the World. A recent Polls taken in Canada shows that he would win over Hillary 9 percent and over John Mccain 37 percent. The same will happen in America. He will over any of the Candidate. The American people are seeing that there is something special about this man. Mr. Mccain is a nice descent man and is held with high respect. But is time for him to resign and let the younger generation put American back on the Map. To the Clintons and McCain this is just about Power. They really don't concern about the poor, the waste of money on unnecessary war, the lost of lives etc., This is all about Power. for them. This is also about their ego. How dear a blackman want to take this power away from me. This is my time. No this is not your time. This is for the people of American, especially the young who wants their voice to be heard for the firt in years. Give them this change. Please give Obama chance. Obama will reach accoss the isles to learn from all of you veteran Mr. McCain, he will not be too proud to reach out to everyone for the good of his country America.

Condi Rice is the smartest woman in America, and certainly meets the qualifications needed to be VP or President. Hillary is simply not qualified to be the leader of the Free World, and Obama is even less qualified.

The vast majority of Republicans would be thrilled with a McCain/Rice ticket in November.

Did they conduct this poll at a Stupid People Convention? Surely this type of convention exists somewhere in the world....

Suckers. The best political party in America is over on the Dems side, and Republicans have a ticket to the GOP snoozefest.

Catch up with you later, I've got a ticket to make, and watch history.

Obama 08

I don't know why CNN keeps trying to push a Clinton-Obama or Obama-Clinton ticket, but it's not gonna happen!

Ardnuas do you fear a McCain & Rice ticket??? Well let me tell you and all of your Obama supportes it will be your worse nightmare for turning your back on Hillary and the real America for what it stands for FREEDOM!! AND RIGHT TO VOTE! MI & FLORIDA

Lannie Davis is nancy pantsy bottomless pit.

He's Clinton's attack dog, and he doesn't know what he's saying. He will forever be remembered as the lawyer who lied for the liar. Oh, but I'm sure he's used to that.

Go away Lannie Boy, and take your lying candidate with you.

Obama 08

They have my vote....If Hillary is the Dem nominee that is.

Hillary visibly appears worn out.. more blubbery every day.

I'm tired of hearing "you know........" she sounds like an old hippy.

Hillary is such a trash (keep it clean, don't say _hore) of scandals compared to everyone else in the limelight.

Condi is one woman to watch.. I'd prefer her to be the republican nominee

I can see Condi up there with Margaret Thatcher in history.

(I am a pale skin, blue eyed, female boomer).

I know this post won't make the grade. but somebody somewhere is digesting this data.

So a career academic and bureaucrat who has never been elected to a public office would be an attractive candidate, but a third-party candidate wouldn't stand a chance. We're one messed-up electorate.

I liked Rice at the beginning, but not advising Bush on not going to war, that´s just unforgibable. Rough luck, but that´s the way things are. Better choice would be Ron Paul, very capable on economic issues, and heck, together with McCain, they add up about 200 years lol.

McCain/ Rice, will destroy Obama & anybody. If Clinton gets the nomination she could be competitive with the right VP choice. I hear all the Obamabots screaming because Condi would take away a good percentage of the black and the female vote from him. Then if Hillary's supporters vote for McCain...Can you say landslide for the Repubs of epic proportions?

This is why Democracy does not work, people are idiots. Why would anyone want four more years of this?! For those who voted Bush during the last two elections, please (pretty please) lock yourself in a closet on Nov. 4th.

Don't think that a McCain-Rice ticket can't win. It may not be a marriage of brains but great intellect wasn't an impediment to victory for several White House occupants – Nixon, Reagan and George W.Bush to name just a few in modern times. There were probably many more in the past who weren't hampered by a lack of grey matter either. What is truly disturbing is that so many Americans vilify their brightest president of the modern era – Jimmy Carter. It's too bad that there won't be anyone of his intellectual caliber (save perhaps Ralph Nader) on the ballot this November.

wait a minute here, we ARE talking about REPUBLICANS are we not? The party that so lacks diversity that they don't even try to court the Hispanic or African American vote. And you think the GOP and far right wingers would allow a black woman to be THAT close to holding the most powerful office on the planet? Sorry but I don't buy it and when I see people like Rush and Hannity and Coulter and Billy as representation of that party I KNOW it won't ever happen. And it's too bad in a way because I would have hoped as a nation we would have gotten beyond that. The man that introduced McCain yesterday by belittling Tiger Woods and the senator only hugged him afterwards spoke volumes to me. The closest we will get to a minority in such a high office will come from the Democrats and not from the Grand Old Party as long as they have a far right wing.

These hypothetical polls are useless. You are basically asking whether someone would vote for an established candidate versus a novelty. Put McCain and Rice on the ticket and I guarantee they will not carry New York.

Complete, utter nonsense. The notion that McCain/Rice could win in NYC?? Absurd. I think Marist College needs to fire its statistics department or whomever did this survey.

You have to be kidding. The most effective slogans for those opposed to McCain are "McSame" and "four more years". Condoleeza on the ticket will only confirm the truth of these tags.

As one who will vote for Hillary and/or Obama, I'm torn. One part of me says put her on the McCain ticket. They will lose and this pollster will never get another contract again. But the other part of me says let Stanford have her. Or better yet, please, Stanford, take her!

Finally, a woman on the ticket with REAL experience.

I don't know what the polls say but I don't believe a word of it.

I think it was Derrick that thought Condy Rice is not intelligent. She has an earned doctorate, which is a lot more than most politicians. I think with her knowledge of the terrorist enemy, and her grace under pressure, I would definately vote for Mc Cain if he chose her.

It would be an unbeatable ticket. Wisdom and strength of character coupled with youth, intelligence and knowledge of the worlds leaders. You'll see.

I've heard Secretary Rice state in interviews that she isn't interested in elected office, that the only job other than her Cabinet appt in which she's interested is commissioner of football. No offense, but I thought I heard cnn doesn't speculate. Why is cnn running this "what if" scenario as if it's news? It's speculation.

The poll sounds pretty accurate to me. I have voted Democratic since 1972. There is no way I will vote for a ticket that includes Obama. I will vote for McCain, no matter who his running mate is. Not sour grapes, it is just a fact that Obama is not at all ready to be President. Clinton and McCain are ready.

I like the idea... Unlike Obama (who grew up in Hawaii and Thailand), Condi (who is 10 years older than Obama) actually lived through the civil rights struggle and overcame racism and inequality, and, once the American people have a chance to hear her story and learn who she is, could inspire people about the greatness and opportunity of our country (not all of those terrible things that someone's pastor likes to spew!!).

This poll is ludicrous. The only thing it really illustrates is the fact that voters are suffering from primary fatigue. Any advantages a McCain/Rice ticket would potentially hold would certainly be negated once the clueless independents realize that this would truly be a third Bush/Cheney term.

Condi is even smarter than Cheney, so it makes even less sense for a person of that mental capacity to have held the positions she has for so long. It's either a morally bankrupt lust for power, or there's something seriously wrong with her.

If the Republican Party runs the "dream ticket" they will be offering the independent voter another choice. It is not going to happen but worth considering. Campbell Brown needs a more fair and balanced type of commentaries on her program. It seems too pro Obama and hey...is there not another political party besides the Demos out there?

How wonderful. Four Obama supporters on tonight's Election Center. Maybe you are all right. We need a president who will do nothing, as Jesse says, "None of the Above" is a vote for Obama.

This poll really surprises me. How could only 30% of the population support Bush, and 81% of the population feel the nation is headed in the wrong direction, yet a continuation of the same people/policies would win big?

I really don't get it. Is it that the Democratic candidates are so weak? Can anyone take a poll as to WHY this ticket would win? It doesn't seem to make sense.

Go Condi! Would love to see this ticket! At least she has experience!

Is this the same woman that went shopping when New Orleans and its citizens were drowning and dying? She has never spoken a word of her own. It has been just a re-run of what McCain says. Have you really ever heard this woman speak?

I am an independant voter....this year I am going to push that "Dem" button on the voters ballot.

It's the Irak policy we are against. Rice is a fine person who travelled the world without being given authority to accomplish anything. It does not matter who is on the republican ticket. it's their policy we don't agree with.

The media is bored,this election is over.It will be a democrat because voters will be voting on "Change or more of the same.Isn't it obvious.

Hillary is a liar. If Sen. Clinton is the nominee, i am sure McCain/Rice team would easily win, that's a guarantee. Only way democrats can win is Sen. Obama and someone else other than sen. clinton on the ticket.

Hillary winning only by 2 points in her home state where she is a senator – BYE BYE, HILLARY.

Hillary, you are done!

Look. Condi went from a sharecropper family to National Security Advisor via Alabama> U of Denver, Stanford, George Schultz picked from that tree for the Young Bush-Cheney team. Janice Rodgers Brown did the same think. Share cropper family > San Francisco radical schooling, picked up by Pete Wilson, and now she awaits the supreme court. Its all about getting picked up! Colin Powell was dropped. FROM California:

Nixon's California republicans have helped all the woman out except one Maria Schriver.

Looks like its this California style or New Jersey for them.

Think outside the box.

This is just plain absurd.No one knows anything about Condi,for all the public knows she could be an axe murderer.This might be the most ridiculous poll I have ever seen.No republican is going to carry New York,not this year.What I cant figure out is what would be peoples motivation.McCain will lose NY by 15-25% how is a relatively unknown Vp candidate going to make that big of a difference?I think this is a crock.

Any person on this board who would even suggest that either McCain or Rice are incompetent doesn't know anything about either or what each has accomplished in his or her lifetime. Anyone who would think this is uninformed and probably quite undereducated and ignorant.

You've got to be kidding!!!!!!!!! She didn't even do her job as Sec. of State...all she did was spend money and travel...take a photo, shake hands and leave.......

I like it and as a democrat I'd vote for that ticket if Obama was
the dem's nominee. He certainly wouldn't have woman on his ticket.

Go ahead and do it McCain. If it is McCain-Rice, then we are really looking at the third term for George W Bush's legacy, which most people do not want.

Rice in the White House will be a continuation of the same horrible policites that she has helped carry out over the past few years. That is the main problem with this ticket.

To the poster..."also scared of obama supporters".....you are obviously a woman....but people don't want Hillary because of the secretive scandals the Clintons have been involved in and they are ready for a change. There has been a Bush or Clinton in the White House as Pres or VP since 1980! 28 years!!! That is why people prefer Obama over Hillary......it is time for change and people don't trust the Clintons as much after being lied to by Bill.

Also Scared of Obama supporters. What are you talking about? Stop Crying Obama is winning and will beat McCain also. Look at the facts. People will turn against McCain because he has did nothing for America regarding issues like the encomy,health care,etc. Yes he is a war hero but that will not make him a great president. Sexism is not fine in this country but yes we do have it. I will tell the truth unlike somepoeple. The media does not have anything against Hilliary. She is the one that is misspeaking(lol). Please stop and read and do research. I did and will vote for Obama

I can't believe that after George Bush, that there are enough stupid people in this country to elect another whacko for president.......

LOL!!
Okay April fool was last week. Is somebody trying to play a joke on the Republicans?

I ask you, who in their right mind would vote for another four years of the Bush policies?

YES, without a doubt, it would Win Big.

Gee, we were always taught that two wrongs did not make a right...no pun intended.

Two losers do not make a winner. Who ran this poll anyway, their spouses?

The media likes to kill Hillary because she is a LIAR, not because she is a woman.

Are you kidding? This poll couldnt possibly be right. Rice is a BUSH CRONY. She's a worse liar than Hillary. Not a chance in hell she helps him get support in NY. He probably gets the same numbers in NY without her and even that is merely a result of the Democrat infighting, which will end once of them is the nominee.

Who are you people polling?? All I can say is..................and this means what? A Bush white house is no more, no matter who McCain picks.

Wasn't the last congress America's so called vote for change? Last time I remember seeing it, this congress has a lower public approval rating than even Bush does. Thats not change, thats status quo...

That was good try with the we need change card there Democrat's No wonder you guys can't win the white house in the last 8 years.

Republicans? Just as bad, lesser of the two evils if thats possible to say. Seeing how this current election is going, I want to vote for a clean sweep do over. Everybody out of office, all new people how hopefully aren't as corrupt.

I've traditionally been a moderate democrat, but this, I may consider if Hillary doesn't make it.

NY will not go Republican, those new yokahs are fooling the pollsters so that McCain picks Rice, a sure loosing ticket. Rice's management skills and performance suggest she stay in academia or at best perhaps a token spot for sec. of education. She was lucky to get sec. of state at a time when the country needed a Middle-East expert first, Latin-America, Africa or even Europe expert second, not necessarily a Russia expert.

Hillary Supporters join me in voting for McCain in November!!!

We cant let the media choose the President...

McCain is simply a better candidate than Obama.

If we can get just 10% of Clinton Supporters (which is about 40% of the voting public) to vote for McCain or vote for someone else over Obama we can block him from winning in November.

NOBAMA '08 !!!

I'm not in favor of putting someone in the v.p. seat just because they are of a certain gender or of a certain race. That is affirmitive action, which is wrong in so many ways. I will at least say that Rice has credentials, which is more than can be said about either Democratic candidate.

^^^ I absolutely agree....

Noooooooo way, I live in one of the bluest of states and know the bluest of people and we would never vote for McCain-Rice. That's insane. I don't care if you're a war hero or have been in the White House for the last 8 years, that does not mean you are suitable to run this country. If there was a McCain-Rice ticket and neither Obama or Hillary were running, heck, I'd vote be willing to vote anybody as President, even for Gary Coleman as long as those worthless two are not in the White House. McCrazy-Rice is just plain wrong!

Vote Democratic!

WAS THIS POLL ONLY TAKEN IN NY?

I think about now, anyone would beat a ticket with Clinton on it- DUH!

I think McCain knows this would actually be a horrible ticket. He would be hitching his wagon even more to Bush's utterly failed policies. Rice has been carrying Bush's water for eight years, and I believe the last thing McCain would want is to have that baggage walking around his campaign. It may look good to some right now, but that's a superficial analysis. The Democrats would eat that ticket alive. It would basically be a war ticket, a tax breaks for the rich ticket, a destroy the environment ticket. That's pretty much what McCain would do anyway, but this would just make a big billboard of it and make the failed war policies a continuous issue. You want it, Republicans! Go right ahead!

They would have my vote. She would make a great VP.

No way that would ever happen. It was because they put Hillay Clinton and Barack Obama on the same ticket while their race is still going on. Not only is it not a real poll (as soon as the Democrats have a nominee every pollster knows they will get a bounce in polls against McCain) but both Obama and Clinton could beat that ticket if they were running with other people.

They get my vote.

i think miss rice would be great as a vice president.. who else knows foreign affairs more than herself.

Bush lite! All the electorate needs to be reminded of is that she was buying designer shoes while AMERICANS were dying during Katrina. Not someone I would want in the white house. They all need to be swept out with one big broom.

I'll probably vote for McCain; but Rice on the ticket would make me reconsider.

CNN CAN you get some topics on this ticker worth debating? Or are you too concerned your Obama might not fair so well?
CNN, NBC and MSNBC your man will have this nation pumping
$8/ gal. gas, paying ever increasing tax rates, collapsing under economic and foreign relations disaster.

Bush/Cheney set the stage and the fools on hill just keep watching the world go round

Condoleezza Rice on the Republican ticket would be GREAT....... for Democrats!! (for obvious reasons) LOL

McCain has a shot at the november election. There are great chances that he might win if the Howard Dean misfunction Democratic party don't get their act together the sooner.
Meanwhile, including Condi Rice in his ticket is tantamount to failure. Rice comes with all the stigma of Gearge Bush II and nightmares of a possible Geaorge Bush III term. Nope, that ticket is a looser.

I really hope Rice does run with Maccain I think it would be great as a country and a whole there would no better person to fill that spot.
she has all the experience in foreign affairs that we need.

She won't take the offer. She's already seen what the media does to a woman running for office. There is an interesting video on that "video" web site everyone should watch just once. It might disturb you as much as the Reverend Wright comments.

That poll is all about initial name recognition and little else. There's little evidence Rice would be good candidate, and she'd enter the general election carrying all of the negative baggage from her eight years in the Bush administration. Some of the criticism would be overblown, but she'd be a representative of a very unpopular administration. The Democrats would not let that connection go unnoticed.

God help us all.

McCain is going to catch a lot of flak as it is for being the same as Bush and continuing the same failed policies. So why would he confirm that in everybody's eyes by choosing somebody right out of the Bush Administration as his running mate?

Rice as VP is about the only chance for the Republicans to win the upcoming election.

The Dems have a woman and a mulatto fighting each other for their party's nomination. Either as a candidate for President will present a truly historic scenario.

For the GOP to have an African-American woman on the ticket... that would be an unstoppable force. Sorry, Bill Clinton, you're wrong again.

i look forward to seeing mccain in a debate. he's intelligent, articulate, experienced, respected on both sides of the aisle. it would be a good match against obama, who is also articulate and intelligent. but obama is still cruising on venom (not his venom, that of the people who plan to vote for him). he'll run dry soon, and then dems may find themselves wishing hillary had won. the only difference between bush 00 and obama 08 is GPA, and the fact that bush won.

That is the stupidest thing I've heard in a long, long time. There is no serious poll anywhere that shows that McCain-Rice could beat any democrat in NY, or anywhere else for that matter. Rice is a complete incompetent with absolutely no appeal to anyone besides George Bush.

How is she going to explain her failures, 9-11, Iraq, Israel-Palestine, Russia, which was supposed to be her strength,..... has she done anything even remotely interpretable as successful?

She is an arrogant idiot much too stupid to respond to changing situations. When reality conflicts with her neat little axiomatic dream world she consistently refuses to accept reality.

Horrible ticket.

How about Joe Leiberman? He has endorsed McCain. Republican and a moderate Democrat. How could that lose?

Yeah, we're going to swallow McBush and Bush's Iraq apologist for 4 years. Don't think so.

I absolutely cannot believe this poll. With both of these people being so closely tied to gw bush, with the bush war continuing on endlessly, the lies that condoleeza rice told to the congress, with the horrible path this country has been taken down in the last 8 years, with the record number of Democrats registered to vote, with Republicans crossing over to the Democratic side as well as Independents, it seems highly "UNlikely" that this ticket would be a winner! Who are these people polling? Maybe the same people who voted for bush twice?! Maybe the same 30% that blindly still think he's doing a good job (brownie)?!

She can't even run the State Department and has screwed up as National Security Adviser. Of course, this would be vindication of the Peter Principle.

So, New York would go bonkers and vote for a GOP ticket with a WAR CRIMINAL on the ticket? Of course when she went outside the country being the Vice-President would give her diplomatic immunity. So, you are reporting that New York would vote for a person who lied under oath to the 9/11 Commission. Wow! Is this an April Fool joke?

Concerning Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, she is the highest ranking elected Democratic official in Congress so her voice has added weight over any other Democratic politician.

I can only see Senator Clinton's being on the ticket as a Vice-Presidential candidate. Her conduct with Health care Insurance in 1993 was a disaster much like Wilson with the League of Nations, but worst. She voted for legislation enabling Bush to take this country to war without reading it. What kind of judgment is that? She has lectured the other candidates about her judgment inspite of this, then voted for the Iranian resolution. There is a pattern here.

She better learn to compete and present her strengths and shore up her weaknesses if she wants to win, because complaining and dishing out guilt turns me off. Again her judgment is deeply flawed. Her sniper stories are way past getting the facts wrong. This goes to character and integrity. The best female Democratic politician did not run. Speaker Pelosi beats Senators Clinton and Obama hands down on experience, pragmatism, leadership, judgment, integrity, and the proven ability to work across the aisle.

I think the McCain-Rice ticket would probably be the best thing this country has seen since Reagan.McCain has the military experience and C.Rice has the intelligence ,A powerhouse for sure..As an unhappy dem. We would vote for them

I supported the Clintons for eight years. When I made my decision to support Barack Obama it wasn't lightly. His healthcare plan is one of the reasons I am voting for him. As a woman I feel really offended when I read comments about how the media is unfair to Hillary because she is a woman. People do not like Hillary because she is a woman. People, may not like her because of her policies (remember she is extremely liberal - universal healthcare mandate - and has only come to the middle to try and get more votes) foremost, but her character, leadership ability, morals and inauthenticity are surely more plausible reasons to not like her. It is hard to like people who lie so easily. It is hard to trust people who make a sport out of "politics" and it is hard to be fair to people who have a long standing record of valuing loyalty over all else. Do not slam the media, and use the gender card to do it. Take a good long hard look at the quality of character of the person that is disliked and try and understand that people are just really sick and tired of "The Clintons" and are ready for a new type of Democratic leadership. An honest leadership.

They also could lose largely as would be known McBush and Cheney @ if not worse then Bush Cheney 1. Please run!!!!!!!!!

Hillary would have won the primary by now if the media wasn't so bias against her. We're living in such a sexist society. I think we're still intimidated by a powerful woman figure and far from ready for a woman president.

The democrats are finished. Thank you Mr. Obama for ruining the party. We need experience and strength, not rock star.

That's the ticket!

Why is a reputable news organization like CNN speculating on hypotheticals? I tune in to watch the news not watch some meaningless conversation about a possible future? Stick to the news please.

An Obama-somebody-other-Hillary ticke would be the McCain-Rice combo..

Hillary's the bad apple, we've got to plug it out! Ther is no doubt about this.

An Obama-somebody-other-Hillary ticke would be the McCain-Rice combo..

Hillary's the bad apple, we've got to plug it out!

Since when 3% a "big win"? Besides it's not going to be Obama and Clinton on the same ticket, which is not the "dream ticket" the pundits say it is. It's going to be Obama and someone else, someone with a military background like Wesley Clark or Sen. Webb, and we'll win NY, CA and a wide swath of states in between. Keep underestimating the dems chance this Nov, at your peril. This is the democrats' year. Mark my words.

Obama has no chance of winning no matter who McCain's VP is. But yeah, if the Republicans want to absolutely slaughter the Demoncrats, Rice would do it.

As a Democrat, I would be happy to see Rice on the Republican ticket – because it furthers the point that a vote for McCain is a vote for a third term of Bush policies. Surely America is not stupid enough to want that?

A McCain and Rice Ticket ?

They didn't poll me. That's for sure.

You can have my vote right now. No Way !!!

Any connection on the ticket to 'W" is a non-starter for me.

Keep looking, Senator. Please !!

This story and the poll is a waste of time because there isn't going to be an Obama-Clinton ticket, the comparison is inherently flawed in that manner. Plus once the democratic convention is held allegiances will realign with the chosen candidate. CNN and the polling agency, stop wasting people's time.

Don t you get it folks the Republicans spell disaster for this country. They ve had their eight years and my friends its time to move on

I would really like to know who they asked! I would encourage that ticket thought because I am a democrat it would be doomed to failure. It would also seem like a desperate attempt by the republicans to stop Obama's momentum that is sad republicans would never have allowed a women or black man to get anywhere near a presidential ticket until it came down to a black man and women on the democrat side then they start trying to make them selves look better and take the image of a old white man away from there ticket so sad.

Go Obama 08

This, obviously, ratttles the LIBS cages! I'd love to hear Condi debate Obama, but I'll have to settle for McCain handing Obama his Kwanzaa Kookie in the coming debates…

This poll is utter nonsense! Did they poll people in Bizarro World or something?

I am for Obama. However, if Clinton steals the election from Obama a McCain/Rice ticket would win.

DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE! The only way this ticket can win is if someone tampers with the voting machines. This is pie in the sky thinking. Condoleezza has been made in the image of her makers, Bush and Cheney.

Rice did such a good job as national security adviser, ans sec of state, I think if she could get elected dog catcher it would be amazing.
On the other hand Mccain voters may enjoy the incompetence of bot candidates

Whut... sorry, whut?
Exactly where did this marvelous bit of polling data come from. Is this one of those sophisticated “pulled from between the buttocks cheeks” polls ‘cause those have been proven to be highly suspect… seriously “a McCain-Rice ticket would beat a ticket that includes both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in New York”.
What’s next “Polling shows night is day and black is white?”.

This is reverse engineering! Mccain/Rice is a losing ticket anyday......democrats, lets push for it by saying it will be a winning ticket. I personally cant wait to see an Obama/Hagel ticket vs a Mccain/Rice ticket, its all psychology, i really want mccain to pick rice, they wil soooo lose!!

Yes, Condoleezza Rice please be McCain's VP. We need a sure win in the White House for the Democrats. With you showing that McCain is for the McSame, the Democrats will have no problem winning the White House, especially of the clip of you saying the threats to America were very vague and how there was no way to know about the 9/11 attacks, after a memo titled, "Osama Bin Laden determined to attack the United States" was given to you.

Dr. Rice would be an excellent choice for VP, and an even better one for the Presidency. She has done an admirable job in every post she has held. Smart, intelligent, and true international experience. However, she shouldn't run until the Republican Party can get its act together, instead of running left.

As for all of the posters remarking on her ineptitude, and ineffectiveness, I can only say this: If her amazing accomplishments and achievements constitute a life of failure, there are NO words that can fully capture how utterly USELESS your lives have been.

Rice...I don't know...I think anyone in Bush's cabinet should be excluded from politics for life.

I guess I would hold my nose and vote McCain/Rice.

Polls are the sheep dogs for dumb people.If they bark at you long enough,the really stupid will believe in them.

BS!!!! There is no way a Republican will be in office come inauguration.

yeah right. mccain will not win against either of the democratic canidates. obama in many states had twice as many vote as mccain in a single primary. from just looking at how in each states primary there were more democratic votes then republicans shows what will happen election day. and truly mean do not even like rice let alon mccain. were tired of anyone from the bush adminstraition

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It would be a great ticket! Democrats would never do this, they talk about it for votes only.

McCain/Rice 08!!! This would even sway my vote away from Hillary.
I voted for BUSH in 04 and was planning on voting Hillary in 08, but with Rice on the Repub ticket... I'll go Republican!!

You've got to be kidding.

I am a democrat of 21 years, white, male, union, middle income, and if the choice is McCain/Rice or Obama/anybody the republicans will have a slam dunk. Good job republicans that is the way to win. I hope for the DNC that we have a Hillary/Edwards ticket and that would trump yours. Praying the voters and superdelegates pick a person who can win in the general election.

The Dems are gonna loose this next election because they have played two isms against each other. Racism and Feminism butting heads on the national stage pushes the dems appart. McCain/Rice would win hands down no contest. Then 4 years from now Rice would be the first Woman and the first African American to be President of the USA. Canada should build a wall to keep all the liberals out

HAHAHA!!! What a joke. Has Rice accomplished ANYTHING in the last 8 years? I think she's been hiding under some rock for the last 3. I want a Dem in the White House like a dog wants a bone, but mark my words, if Hillary is the nom, she will lose to McCain. No doubt about it. I got my money on Obama!

you have to be kidding me! Condi Rice– Was'nt she shopping for shoes while New Orleans was drowning! and McCain thinks things are going well in Iraq-

Ah! we have started voting for Incompetence.

Is anybody listening

I think this would be a great ticket!

A McCain-Rice ticket would carry the national vote because, at the end of the day, Americans are going to be risk-averse in picking a president. McCain and Rice both have experience that Obama and Clinton lack. Rice is also, like Obama, highly intelligent and eloquent. For all these people that say Rice hasn't accomplished anything, I wonder if they notice that North Korea's nuclear reactors aren't running anymore. I wonder if they notice that our diplomats have secured the backing of France and Germany in dealing with Iran. Opponents of the Bush White House also don't give her enough credit for making sure Cheney and Rumsfeld didn't always get their way. But all of this is incidental - the important point is that the Democrats are going to make the same mistakes they have in the past. They will lose this election as long as they insist on raising taxes and pulling out of Iraq precipitously. Like it or not, Americans will prefer stability over change.

I am an independent totally disgusted with the Bush administration. That being said, I have actually been leaning towards McCain over either Clinton or Obama because I believe him to be more centrist than either of the Democratic candidates. BUT, if he were to pick Rice as his running mate, I'd vote for ANY Democratic ticket over McCain-Rice. Rice is a toady; she's a highly-educated toady, but a toady nonetheless. There's no way in Hades McCain will choose her as his running mate.

This poll is within the margin of error, and I don't think McCain and Rice would win New York. These polls don't take in to account the record setting voter turnout that the Democrats will have in November. But if this poll is accurate, then the people in our country are really as stupid as I think they are. Why are the people in our country so dumb? A Secretary of State is supposed to be an independant thinker. Rice was just a Bush crony who cozied up to him and agreed with everything that he said. She never has an opinion of her own on anything other then to agree with Bush. McCain and Rice would be the equivalent of Bush and Cheney.

VOTE FOR BARACK OBAMA AND LETS GET A DEMOCRAT WIN IN NOVEMBER!

"Also Scared of Obama Supporters" You must be a strong supporter of the Republican party because your statement is very STUPID, to say the least. The war hero is old as hell and he doesnt even make sure that his facts are correct before he speaks in public. So Mr. Scared of Obama Supporters sounds like you should be scared of yourself and the party that has your vote.

Condoleeza Rice can run circles around any of us posting here. There are a lot of Democrats who would make fine VP's or Presidents, as well (remember, VP's are second in line of succession) but Clinton and Obama aren't two of them, in my opinion; Senators Dodd and Biden and even Al Gore would have been very good choices this year. She could get a job that paid better with a lot less stress in the private sector, so I can't imagine why she would be interested in being the VP nominee, but under a different President, perhaps a VP who was there as the Iraq war deepened could be one of the better choices to help us withdraw more into the background.

Well those tapes of his Pastor of 20 years blaming the US for 9/11 wont help any Obama ticket in NY.

I have been saying for three weeks, Obama can't win NY. Not after he supported a church that spread that message with his money.

Clinton would do better without him in NY.

Obama supporters are teachers, veterans, and other Americans who do not buy into the Republicans who have terrible policies and live off of making you scared. It is a fact.

McCain who I used to love is now a GOP puppet and will adopt the same failed policy as Rice, Rove, Rumsfeld, and Bush.

No more of the same!

All you anti Obama voters who do not want a true healthcare plan and want to stay in Iraq forever, give him a chance. See what he can do in four years, if he sucks, you can go back to more of the same: Clinton, McCain, Romney.
Even with McCain it could never get as bad as the worst administration of all time!

Independent for Obama

The poll result is certainly intriguing and substantiates the thoughts that have been an undercurrent in the Republican party for some time now. Despite sincere misgivings on the part of both Ms. Rice and Senator McCain the pair would certainly run well against either of the probable Democratic frontrunners. Whether the Senator can manage to swallow his pride and ask the real superstar of the party to join him is debatable.

Political Jonze April 9th, 2008 6:36 pm ET

Has Condi Rice ever been vetted in any political campaign?

Please!!!! Condi Rice has been vetted her entire political career under George Bush. She has been questioned about everything and has beat her critics every time. I am a Clinton supporter and black. If Clinton is not the nominee then I am running to that strong black woman. Obama is nothing compared to Ms. Rice.

I dont believe that for a second. This Democrat says to the GOP, McCain- Rice, "Bring it on Baby"!

Radu: "I can't wait for the Obama-McCain debates.

..... there will not be any NObama-McCain debates ... and NObama can't handle debates anyway ... even Clinton and Edwards kicked his *SS in debates!

McCain-Rice ... for a secure America!!

Well those tapes of his Pastor of 20 years blaming the US for 9/11 wont help any Obama ticket in NY.

I have been saying for three weeks, Obama can't win NY. Not after he supported a church that speap that message with is money.

Clinton would do better without him in NY.

Was this poll done by idiots? She is an ex oil exec and has a terrible foreign policy, this ticket would have no chance.

Please Condi, I beg of you, please do whatever you can to get on as McCain's VP choice. I'd love to do the flip-flop chant!

It's a moot point. There's never going to be any such thing as an Obama/Clinton ticket...or a Clinton/Obama ticket.

Why would Obama stoop to such a level as to put someone as dreadful as Clinton on the same ticket with him?

Why would Obama choose a running mate who 47% of the country says they "can't stand?" That would be a death wish to his presidential bid.

Obama and ANYONE else would be a stronger ticket than Obama with Clinton.

Go Obama. It's time "the monster" got out of the way and stopped hurting the Democratic party.

C. Powell would win bigger; although Rice is a great choice.

McCain/Rice = SAME OLD THING. OBAMA/08

Better than Obama.

Good grief, what will they think of next, Jed Bush.

No Bama, no Cain period.

Hillary Clinton is the only hope for the world and the USA.

This ticket is too much about the war in Iraq, it would be a big gamble by the republicans. But on the bright side, the experience would be undeniable.It's an interesting ticket, that's for sure!

It would be bad to see Rice take the VP

this displays a message "if the dems need to run either a black or a woman, then HERE, we republicans got both a black and woman rolled right into one pacakage."

This happend in illinois. The republicans get so scared of the race vote that they ran Alan Keyes in this just so it could be a black vs black style of race. Even Alan Keyes tried pulling the race card out in that debate claiming that he was the "blacker" candidate.

Rice, if you're gonna run, don't run because McCain needs a token on his ticket. Especially shame on republicans trying to pick minorities just to get a vote. Go get Romney or Lieberman, they are both qualified people.

(1) These polls must be conducted by the Wizard of Odd (2) I don't believe them (3) Who are you kidding (4) If by some remote chance, this duo of incompetents should win, God (if you believe in her) help us all!

Those who understand politics knows that this is the GOP ticket.

No way.

She is a Republican, who loves Bush, for God's sake. So for
Condi, you would sit through another Bush 8 year term with
McCain in charge. Please, let us not get overexcited here.
Some of you people are crazy like Hillary.

its about THE MOST depressing thing in this galaxy to fathom the notion of a republican being permitted anywhere near the White House at this point...

laughable.

LMAO.

You can smell the fear in the Democrat posts.

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If Condoleeza Rice is anywhere NEAR the McCain ticket, I would never vote for him. She is as responsible as George Bush for getting us into the Iraq debacle.

Who writes this crap? "win big in even the blue states" Give me a break.. Yes, please, team these two idiots up on the red ticket ! Our blue ticket will breeze into the White House and this country will have at least a slight chance of repairing the damage done by the Bush administration, i.e., W, Cheney, Rice, Rumsfeld, et.al., and even Powell, the guy who got suckered by that crowd of "Oil is King" misfits.

these two would keep us in wars forever.

mccain would have us slinging flaming arrows and pouring boiling oil on the enemy (WHEN he remembers who they are) from the rooftops. and condi would be busy giving no-bid contracts to the firewood and oil people!

any democrat in 08!!!! mccain/rice would be our dream ticket, so go on condi, just sell your soul to one last rich, old white guy!

Mcain and Rice would be good for running mates, polls show that race is a factor in voting patterns so why not have a vp that has both of those attributes running in the democratic party unstoppable.

In who's world would these two even win the Office, much less be a good team?

This is just a phishing expedition to see what us 'common folk' are thinking to see if there's any interest in her at all and the majority do not want that LYING RICE or the SENILE McSAME in office, together, apart or in any capacity.

It wouldn't matter who's on the ticket with McSame. I guess GOP's just don't get it that DEMs are taking office this fall.

Let's hope we stop hearing how LYING RICE would be a good VEEP. Heck, McSame wouldn't even be a good POTUS.

Remember it was the LYING RICE who said "This WAR came to us – we didn't ask for it.".

Disgusting.

They are REALLY setting the Republicans up for a fall, aren't they? No one will vote for McCain with Bush's puppy dog riding his coattails.

Condi as VP? Hasn't she already done enough damage under the current administration?

Our Country is in the biggest crises ever. 8 Years of Bush-Cheney has robbed our country of everything we hold dear.
McCain's Health Care plan will not require "The Company" to pay Benefits. They will give the employee a raise and the employee can purchase their own Health Care.
And we are to care who he picks for Vice President. He has nothing
else to talk about so one day he has a list of 20 and the next day
Condi. Please is this all for attention!

Obama 2008 or sink!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll bet a Gore/Obama ticket can beat any Republican ticket.

Considering that Condoleeza Rice is an extremely intelligent person, I think she would be a perfect running mate. They would definitely get my vote!

I would rather be pouring my tax dollars into a war than additional social programs, and as far as the economy goes, it was running pretty smoothly until the Democrats took Congress.

While I think Rice as a VP to McCain is once again subordinating her talents and intellect to an inferior boss; having Rice on any ticket would be huge. She is arguably one the smartest people on this planet.

Hillary Clintons pretends to be Smart. Obama is smart, but no more or less than the average American (which makes him smarter than just about every politician). McCain is neither a policy wonk like Clinton and he is not quite as smart as Obame; but he doesn't have the ego problems Hillary suffers from. All that said, Condi Rice destroy any of the above in a debate and that intense look on her face is, in itself, enough to force any world leader into submission.

If Condi Rice entered the political frey in the race for the next President, she would a God among mortals. She is black, she is a woman, and she is hands down an intelectual juggernaught compared to any other candidate running. Our country would be saved at last.

LOL Angus!!

Rice said no thank you, so why even consider it.

I think that even if this ticket does not happen, the Democrats are going to sweat it out, since may polls have shown that Obama voters will not vote for Clinton and vice-versa. Those will either be votes for McCain, or non-votes which still help.

This is the biggest bunch of bull I have ever read. McCain, no matter who he picks, will not win the nomination no matter how the MSM tries to influence the election. It is becoming more and more evident to the people how the MSM is controlled by corporate interests. But good try and it made so many of us laugh.

These polls are so, so ridiculous at this point. Yawn.

The VP choice for the Republicans is a moot point. It's meaningless. The OBJECTIVE is make sure that McCain is not elected. We can ill afford another 4-8 years of Bush-lite, and not so light at that. McCain's philosophy and thinking borders on neanderthal.

Do what is right for America!!!

OBAMA '08

How any Democrat – be they gay, black, female or any stripe or gender could be an imitation of a Republican much less vote for one is beyond comprehension. That would, however, explain why Hillary supporters are threatening to vote for McSame. They are trying to ease their guilty consciences for putting King George in office the last two times and think that voting for her (Republican-lite branded by Bill Clinton himself) is their way out of an internal moral dilemma. You don't redefine the Democratic party by melding into a lighter, more palatable version of more of the same.

they are only looking at Rice in a purely aesthetic way...her judgment has been poor..she has been a poor leader...this was brought out over Iraq. On paper it looks good, going against Obama and probably a white male or female VP then a white-guy and black woman should be able to balance out and get some people excited to vote for something different...but thats it, she would not only represent 8 years of Bush even MORE than McCain, but at the same time she has been criticized for her ineptitude.

Does anyone else think this poll if pure fiction?

That's it! Just like when Bush Sr. put dumb azz Clarence Thomas on the the Supreme Court. Throw the black people a bone, regardless of any knowledge of the policies that have concerned the community. The truth is, who cares? This is the same fool who had an intelligence report in her hand about plans for terrorists to fly airplanes into buildings, and DID NOTHING. NOTHING. I'll stick with Obama because I like him as an individual and his policies are in line with mine. The Republicans didn't think enough of women, blacks, or any other minority, regardless of qualification, at any time before now? Why in world would anyone think this is genuine? Do us all a favor Condi: stick by your word and go back to Standford.

These are really good news.

McCain and Rice have more experience and better credentials than Obama and anyone else. Rice has been the cooling influence vs the Rumsfelds. Wouldnt it be better to have her intelligence and state dept experience on day 1?

New York?!?! Don't even get me started on that State.........sorry Yankees.

As a 110% Hillary supporter, I will vote the dem ticket as long as Hillary is on the ticket. i will not deny her being the first VP!

But if she is not on the ticket, all bets are off and I will vote for McCain and whoever!

McCondi '08 sounds soooo sweeeet!!

–p.

DEFENITELY I WILL VOTE MCCAIN
IF OBAMA IS THE DEMO. CANDIDATE
I DO NOT WANT NO TROY HORSE BUSINESS

i see it!! my name sake!

Hmm sound like a good alternative to Obama. I am a Hillary girl and an African American Woman and if my girl Hill doesnt make it then mccain and rice is an attractive choice for me. McCain's a liberal any way right

Just saw on the news that Rice participated in approving torture. That ticket wouldn't get my vote!

The problem is Hillary...
Put Obama and any one and you will get a better result. McCain has no chance and Rice will lower his chances...
Obama/ Any one except Hillary

THIS IS WHY WE NEED A CLINTON/OBAMA TICKET

Obama cannot come close to debating McCain in national security nor military. I am a democrat and I was aganist the Iraq invasion from the begining. Now, since we are there what are we going to do to fix it? That is the Trillion dollar questions we have. Obama does have any ideas and if he does he has taken it from Hillary, so Obama is not the right person for the job either.

McCain-Rice is a win ticket? You must be smoking.

I think McCain/Rice would be a good ticket for the republicans. It would make the democrats sweat it out. Obama is going to have a very hard time against a war hero when he has the type of baggage he carries into this. It is too bad the DNC is so inept at getting it right with Fl and Mi.

Hillary could win, but the media likes to kill her because she is a woman. Sexism is just fine in this country. Perhaps women should all get their veils out and not show their faces any more - this would make the political media happy I am sure.

Win what????? She is JUST LIKE GEORGE BUSH (MCSAME)
Obama/Edwards08 Si Se Puede

picking Rice will be a statement for four more years of BUSH CHENEY.

She speaks fluently in english and Russian , o ya she plays piano too. I don't think she can think politics . the least foreign affairs. She was a perfect face for cheney's plans/

THE TWO TOP DEMOCRATS SHOULD BE ON THE SAME TICKET AGAINST ANY COMBINATION IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
PELOSI , THE DIVISIVE CONGRESSWOMAN NOTHWITHSTANDING.

Does anyone REALLY believe that this could actually happen? I feel as if this is written only to spark debate and give news outlets something else to feed off, since the war, environment, insurance issues, our S.S. are just WAAAAY to serious and depressing to make the top stories everyday. Our news has, somewhat, become our entertainment.
One last thing..... Can anyone truly believe that the woman who, only one day after the 9-11 attacks was seen shoe shopping on Madison Avenue, has the heart, courage, or demeanor to come across as a genuine caring figure that can relate to other Americans? Dream on... the only way that would happen is if she ran as Hillary's V.P. and all the women in the country united.

political spin on Mccain..

check out this website:

"zfacts.com"

on controversial issues

because it shows you, the speeches he made regarding Iraq, during
bush's rein, like in 2002
giving bush unlimited spending for Iraq..

well, check it out for yourself, he has been wrong on Iraq all along,
so what makes you think he will be any different in the future?

follow the money
($$ka-ching$$)

I think a campaign that included a review of her resume, a few video clips of her Iraq performances, and a few reminders of her love of no-bid contracts would fix that poll very quickly. Rice is just another oil company hack.

per Radu's comment... I wonder who's head is going to explode more? McCain in a debate with Obama as Obama runs circles around him, or Hillary when she finally concedes. Their both going to be like one of those Mentos in a Pepsi bottle moments.

Has Condi Rice ever been vetted in any political campaign?

If you think Obama will run circles around McCain in a debate, then you are truly blind to reality. Obama's biggest weakness is the debate forum. I am not saying McCain will destroy Obama, but you put too much faith in the freshman Senator.

This ticket will not be as successful as the polls suggest. As soon as this would be announced, the Democrats would be able to attack the foreign policy record of both and destroy that New York lead. It is great, though, knowing that the Republicans may have a chance in this bluest of States.

Interesting concept! If McCain and Rice, why not Obama and Hillary?
These two tickets would perhaps split the hispanic, black, and gender vote. The only thing left is, what would white male vote look like?

OMG, thanks for the laugh RADU. obama and mccain in a debate?!?!
dear god, the grumpy old man would absolutely LOSE IT!!!! he'd turn all read, then lunge across his podium at obama calling him a c*word!!!!

yes, PLEASE let's get these debates going. the sooner the blind lemmings see what a dangerous, lying nutjob their guy is the better!

Who cares waht a poll says anyway, just a bunch of crap to soon to mean anything and it doesn't mean anything anyway, Rice doesn't want to be VP.

Ah yes, McCain-Rice... A true vindication of the Bush Doctrine and four more years of idiocy in the White House.

Hey, at least we'll have more fun greeting cards to read...

Uh...who did the polling? The Heritage Foundation? Faux News? The Israeli Lobby?
The GOP is DOA but if McCain does win the election, something really stinks within our election process.

They would win big. Like there is a question about this ?

Umm . . . the possibility of winning "big" shouldn't be defined by a 3-5 point lead which falls in the margin of error.

Bring them on and let’s see if the American people will want 4 to 8 more years of the republican policies I don't care who they are.

Wow...what an idea McCAIN will win anyway but Condi would be an excellent choice do you know of any other team with more experience! The dems are going to self implode they will piss off soooo many voters no matter how this thing ends up...I feel bad for Obama he has good intentions and draws on his honesty and integrity not to mention he is inspiring but its too close and they are going to disinfranchise half of the democratic party, setting the stage for McCain's victory...my opinion Clinton should bow out she has been caught in to many lies!

Condi has already said that she was not interested in running. Even so, she was already the Secretary of State to a dumbell. Why would she want to be a VP to someone who is in he early stages of as my grandma calls, "old timers".

Why not just appoint her president, too? We don't need an election.
Putin appointed Medvedev, didn't he?

Get REAL!

Rice will smile, reveal the 1 inch gap between her top front teeth, tell us about her $10,000 dresses, her $4,000 shoes and all her failed policy initiatives under King George, and half of the blacks supporting Obama would immediately rush to her side – after all, she too deserves the White House because she is black... meanwhile everyone else in America will vote for the REAL candidate: Hillary Rodham Clinton.

The Republican Part now goes down in flames!

Go flied rice...

A monkey could beat a ticket with Clinton on it.

ummm, no one asked ME, and there's not a chance in #ell i'd vote for these two lying, war-loving sellouts!

She's been a principal in two great disasters: 911 and Iraq. There is less here than meets the eye. No way.

It's amazing how partisan and blind people can be reading all these comments. You all have no idea that there are people who actually have different opinions than yourselves. There are people who actually (gasp) like McCain and Rice and think they would make a far better administration than Clinton or Obama. Even more shocking some people actually agree with what their policies would be, and don't think that going to Iraq was even a bad decision. You should try talking to people who disagree with you sometime, you might learn something.

Ms. Rice should be tried as a war criminal, never mind running for 2nd highest office in the land.

Obama supporters putting someone down again...how unusual! I am an undecided democratic voter but I think Rice is a very intelligent woman and has loads of experience. She would have to report to McCain not to Bush and who knows if she agrees with everything Bush has done?

I don't believe it. Does anyone else?

This is an example of how misleading the polls are in recent days.

A poll at this stage of the game is pretty meaningless. Otherwise Giuliani and Clinton would be the candidates...

I sooooo doubt that.......

Its almost comical to even think......

Nope, not believing that one !! Sorry !

I REALLY THINK THEY SHOULD BE A GOOD TICKET, AND MISS RICE IS A VERY INTELIGENT LADY.
THAT'S THE RIGHT TICKET FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY

McCain and anybody (with in reason) can beat Obama. A McCain Powell would do better since Colin had the good sense to resign from the Bush cabinet.

Wake me up when the GOP says something, or does something exciting.

really? yea right!!!....W,ell just have to remind them that "Bush" appointed Rice. TWICE, and she stayed

Rice is 100x smarter (materially and politically) than Obama and Shill put together.

What a great VP debate it would be!

Shades of Bentsen vs. Quayle...

The only thing she'll carry is John McCain's cane.

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McCain/Rice is a disaster. I would vote for McCain/Romney. if Hillary is not the nominee. Hussein Obama is not ready to be the commander in chief,maybe another 18 yrs on the job training. Hillary has the experience,knowledge and know how to get the job done in washington. Hillary/Edward 08!

The beauty contest polls mean absolutely nothing! Everything that I've seen says that the American people are sick and tired of anything and everything related to George W. Bush. With all the pictures of Condi, W, Cheney, and Rove that are out there, I think putting Rice on a McCain ticket would be like throwing a drowning man a cement block. As someone who can't wait to see "regime change" here in the U.S., I wholeheartedly support a McCain/Rice ticket. It would clearly ensure a Democratic victory in November (which will likely happen anyway).

I love how everyone thinks Obama will destroy McCain in November because of the upcoming debates. You do not need to be a great speaker/debater to win an election. Hello? W? And besides, I'm not sure what debates you have all been watching but Obama is not a good debater. He is a great speaker, but Hillary did much better in the debates. All Obama has is orator skills, he's not ready.

Then why not set the Date???? It's never too Late...
Quite a Partnership. What?

To Tell the truth,

I could not agree with you more.

All those Hillary and Obama supporters who will vote for Mccain if their candidate is not the nominee are a joke.

They are either not true democrats or just plain ignorant.

No one wants four more years of Republican mismanagement. I have been a Republican all my life but would not vote Republican this time. They have truly ruined our economy and have put our children so far in debt that I don't think they will ever dig their way out. McCain stands for more of the same and Condoleza was one of the purveyors of deceit that has led to our present situation in Iraq.

Why is it that no one ever asks why Clinton's (ex) campaign manager Mark Penn and McCain's current campaign manager Charles Black work for the same lobbyist firm (BKCH)? Furthermore, Penn is Black's boss. Isn't this conflict of interest? It also explains why both Clintons can make the satement that Obama was not Presidential material, while Clinton and McCain were. huuumm.

She can't reconsider – she already said she wasn't interested. Of course she could have been lying – that's totally in keeping with her past under Bush.

Perfect....a Bush "act-alike" plus a Bush "enforcer"....have the American people learned nothing? What they haven't taken away in the past eight years they can finish in the next term. Truely, America is done. We have seen the enemy...and yes...it is us. Our enemies HAVE to be encouraged by our level of ignorance.

Rice is unquestionably the leading candidate to be on the ticket and what we're seeing is the test-run in the press, which is obviously turning out to be a cakewalk. Despite that she may be the least intellectually-curious, and therefore most dangerous Secretary of State in history, she's articulate and highly skilled at precisely the kind of hatemongering nastiness that sells big to American voters. McCain-Rice is a knockout ticket, and one that will ensure the Republicans keep the White House. Take it to the bank.

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Thank you Condi, I could use a nursemaid. Now my medication is over by the window.

MCCAIN FOR PRESIDENT! If he can win by having Rice as his running mate I'm all for it. I really want Hillary Clinton to be our next president. But if it is between obama and McCain I'm all for McCain.

Hillary Clinton or John McCain for president!

So an Iraq war failure sundae (McCain) is not good enough, but when you top it with an Iraq war failure cherry (Rice), it's now suddenly a tasty treat? Do we really need more of the same bad thing?

What world are you living in? You realize they are both tied to the most unpopular war since Vietnam. This team would do more to ensure a Democrat gets the White House than any possible scandal of the Democrat front runners could. What voting block would Rice's addition to the ticket appeal to? I have though about this a lot and believe MaCain's best choice would be a Southener with impecable credentials someone like a Sam Nunn or even Jebb Bush. Anyway, it will be near impossible to overcome the enthusiasm of the Obama crowd which is appealing not only to the young and literate but also to middle of the road Republicans like myself.

Do it Johnny do it! Please do it so that you will lose the redneck vote that makes up the base of the Republican party!

maybe two wrong do make a right (pun intended)

Will someone please tell me how many times this woman has to say no before the pollsters will believe her? Enough already!

Yarn.

Has the Democratic party started? I'm bored.

I don't think C Rice would add anything to a McCain ticket. And she has failed in her current job, so why would he want her.

As a New Yorker, I'm extremely doubtful about the validity of this poll. That CNN doesn't link to the poll itself seems fishy to me, also. If anything Rice would hurt McCain's chances in New York due to her direct involvement in the Bush administration.

I'm not surprised at the poll. People I least expected would like a McCain -Rice ticket seem to love the idea. Maybe that is why so many liberals in the media and on-line are responding with what has become their usual foul-mouthed insulting vituperation when confronted with a suggestion they don't like.

These polls mean nothing!!! Kerry was ahead of Bush by 17 points coming out of the primary and we all know what happened when a very fast and swift boat hit him. Only time will tell what happens to McCain and his Bush like ideas, once voters get to hear him and realize he is more of the same.

As soon as I heard this woman say that BUSH WAS ONE OF THE MOST INTELLIGENT PEOPLE SHE HAS EVER MET I Knew she was slightly off. If he runs with McSame I will convinced she is FULLY off.

Thanks for including the poll's margin of error. You guys must be dying for April 22 so you can stop running these dopey poll numbers.

Sorry folks. Don't believe the hipe. wrong *ex, wrong rac*. McCain is old school. He olny believes in the, "Good old boy club."

Once again, we're not voting for Barack because he's black or Hillary because she is a woman. The GOP needs to be more creative.

Who's running that campaign, George Bush?

Next.

Not in a million....don't bet on it.

polls. polls. polls. polls. polls. polls.
ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!

She could run on Obama's ticket and have a one race ticket.

Let's see....a President who can't remember Sunni and Shiites and Al Qaeda, and that thinks it is funny to sing "Bomb Bomb Iran" on national TV, and a VP who ignored warnings about 9-11 and then lied us into attacking Iraq...great combo, and one all too similar to the incompetents that hijacked the White House seven years ago....GREAT ticket to renew and rebuild and revive America!

She has the personality of cornstalk. Who is she, except someone who is a puppet for GW.

Not crazy about her.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzmove on.

I find it difficult to believe that McCain / Rice could beat anyone. Rice is a leftover from the failed Bush administration and has really acccomplished nothing during that time. I can't believe that anyone would think that she has anything to add. Given McCain's age, she would have to be viewed as a potential president and she has no executive experience whatsoever.

I find this lacking credibility.

Jeez, I hope he chooses her as his running mate; sure, they'll say this is a Bush 3rd term, but all she has to say is, "This is a new Presidency, lets fix things up!" They'd get my vote!

Colin Powell would help the GOP ticket a heck of a lot more than Condi "Now-you-see-her, but-usually-you-don't" Rice.

Powell has integrity, Rice doesn't. She is just a political Bush hack with no accomplishments to speak of during the last 3-1/2 years.

Come to think of it, Powell would make a good running mate for Senator Obama too!

WHAT WHERE THOSE POLLED ON. I BELIEVE THAT THE RESULTS ARE DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OF HARD WORKING CLEAN AMERICANS.

Of course it would win big in New York, all of Hilary's supporters would betray their party to vote for McClinton if Obama is anywhere near the ballot.

I bet it'd go over big with all the southern good ol' boys who can't wait to get a VP who can softshoe and placate them.

And people say Obama plays the "Race card", at least he's not pandering to liberal guilt and uncle toms.

– The Mgmt

She is respected, but not popular in the black community, so this is clearly a selection, just for white Republicans.

I also think the two for one analogy is insulting.

Obama 08

I can't wait to see this. She goes from one looser to the next!

Good one Angus!

What kind of crazy polls are you taking?

there is no way

OBAMA ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, because nobody wants Clinton or Obama on the same ticket.

There are much better Dem tickets out there, and the Repubs have no WAY of winning any blue states.

I can't wait for the Obama-McCain debates. Obama will run circles around McCain, and he'll blow a fuse if not in the first, than certainly by the second debate.

Ms. Rice, please reconsider. Do you realize how much good you could do consigning Clinton and Obama to the Senate? The Hoover Institute at Stanford will always be there.

There is only one way to ask....WHAT are you guys SMOKIN??? Ms. Rice has accomplished ZERO, and she is a BIG PLUS as a V.P.?? Is America THAT BLIND??? I HOPE NOT.

rice on MCCAIns ticket is still gonna have it MCCAins ticket.....the blacks that are voting for Obama aren't gonna change their minds......keep trying GOP.......you should not have a chance in Nov

Shouldn't we get Nancy Pelosi's opionion if this ticket is OK first?

Her past 8 years job performance is easy pickins for the Dems. Her ineptitude will be exposed in all its glory and splendor.

And, of course, she was HUGE advocate of one of the worst foreign policy decisions in this nation's history. So yeah, join the ticket.

Buh bye McCain

This doesn't mean anything. Its 1 state, and the democrat ticket used in the poll is not going to happen. Besides, if Rice has been so clear that she is not at all interested, why would they bother making this poll? CNN, go home, find something meaningful to report, and come back later, just give it time, you'll find it.

No it will not. These polls are not always true. When people starting thinking this would be another 4 years of Bush they will change their minds. Look at your bank account,gas price, the war in Irag. There is no way the ticket will work. People are voting for change not the same old thing

Win what?.... The whitehouse back in republicans control?.... Well, I've always been told if you'er gonna dream, Dream big....

Hmmm, I don't think that would be a good ticket at all... Having 2 incompetent people on the ticket? At least McCain has the chance to choose someone more intelligent than him, but I don't think Rice is that person!

Not a good idea, at all!