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‘LEEZZY FOR PRESIDENT’ MOVEMENT IN FULL SWING: Republican factions want Secretary of State to carry on Bush’s agenda in 2008.
*Various Republicans are forming grassroots clubs around the country – all with the common goal of getting Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice into the White House in 2008.
With such names as Team Condi, Rice for America, The Draft Rice movement and Condistas, the mass effort gathered momentum in the year after President Bush was re-elected, reports MSNBC.com.
"Once that was all over, you started thinking what's going to happen in the next election?" said Mick Wright, a professional webmaster in Memphis, Tenn and co-founder of http://www.condipundit.com. "The first one to come to mind as a viable candidate was Condoleezza Rice."
The Miami-based Americans for Dr. Rice political action committee took things to another level, forming state chapters in key political battleground states, including Ohio and Florida, and putting state chairs in place around the country.
Meanwhile, Rice continues to tell folks she has no intention of running for president in 2008. However, political experts say these political action committees will play a significant role in Rice's rise as a potential candidate, and that power brokers will watch closely this fall to see what happens to Rice's fellow black Republicans in high-profile races in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
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