Ghost of a flea

Woodrow Wilson.

A proper Wilsonian, a crusading idealist who would get the US out of the UN, sounds fine to me.

No, no, no.

Wilson had a PhD. He was a professor, then president of Princeton, then governor of New Jersey, then president.

Ahh... Excellent. And I was wondering how you would work Princeton in there...

With Wilson, it's kinda difficult not to.

Yes, but the hotness.

She was the candidate I wanted to see run in '08.

(Figuratively. Wait -- no, literally, too.)

The shame is she is more likely to be president of Princeton than Senator for Alabama or Colorado. Good for whatever university or thinktank she lands at; a pity for the Senate.

Actually, If we're going to go there (Identity politics that is) I'd like to see former Oklahoma congressman J.C. Watts somwhere on a ticket.

He even has Canadian cred as he played in the CFL for about 6 years.

Besides, a guy who has the cojones to call Jesse Jackson a "race hustling poverty pimp" can't be bad...

Personally I think the very erudite J C Watts would be a far better choice for VP.

J.C. Watts is a brilliant choice; a perfect counterpoint to Senator Obama and with a lot of the same '60s charisma. His exit from public life was so speedy that I figured somebody had something on him... does anybody know have a notion of what happened?

If somebody did, it must have really been something, because he weathered Larry Flynt revealing that he had two illegitimate children during the Clinton impeachment crisis, and then broke his own promise to retire after two terms (he served four).

I agree that Watts would be an excellent Veep pick -- very good in his TV appearances, and the ex-QB thing never hurts.

Thompson-Rice?

Rice-Thompson.

Heck, if the GOP felt like throwing everyone for a loop, how about Rice-Watts? :p

Times change -- in 2001, wasn't it wild, seeing that both W's NSA and SecState were black?

We are on exactly the same wave length.

John Bolton would make an excellent Secretary of State.

He would.

Incidentally, there are rumours that if McCain takes the nomination, Rice would make an interesting running-mate for him. (From Bob Novak on Fox News.)

"The shame is she is more likely to be president of Princeton than Senator for Alabama or Colorado."

Oh please. I would definately vote for her for Senator from Alabama. She could replace Shelby, whose idea of proper behavior as a Senator is to skip all the controversial votes so nobody can say bad things about him. I'd like to keep Sessions, however, as he is the real deal.

Translate "Oh please" in the previous comment as "Oh yes!" , not "You must be out of your mind." I realized just after I posted that "Oh please" has multiple interpretations that are primarily distinguished by tone of voice.

Much appreciated. What I meant to say is that I do not believe Rice has any political ambitions but will quite cheerfully move into whatever academic sinecure pleases her once this administration passes the torch to the next.