VICE PRESIDENT RICE?

 There is a rumour that Ms Condoleezza  Rice would be chosen by Mitt Romney as running mate though Condi Rice has stoutly denied having such an idea for her. It is a fact that she is still a crowd puller despite her absence from public life for nearly four years. Except for this election time  She has been leading a quite life with her work as Professor at Stanford University with an occasional speech on invitation.  Contrary to her hectic life as Secretary of State, she is hardly mentioned  anywhere  or seen on the front pages of Newspapers. She should have been forgotten from the American mind long since had she not been in possession of a rare quality to remain alive in the minds of people.  The standing ovation she received recently at Utah fund raising meeting and similar others are proof of her popularity.

 Even though Rice is an acceptable person for the post of Vice Presidency  there are many ifs and buts to her journey from Stanford to the White House at the moment

Ms Rice is an introvert by nature and as such she does not like standing for elections and consequent public scrutiny. Her stout denial of any plan to stand as running mate of Mitt Romney stems from it. Ms Rice said that she did not even run for student council president post and that she did not see herself in any elective post. However it is difficult to say if she would change her mind if she is seriously approached with the demand.

The post of Vice President in the U.S. is mostly ceremonial when the president is there. If called for,  the Vice President has to do a casting vote during the senate voting and a speech once in a while, that’s all there is to it officially. But as an adviser and supporting person to the President a Vice President matters. Ms Rice with her experience as President Bush’s National security adviser and later Secretary of State has enviable experience and she would be an asset for a newly elected President.

Though Ms Rice was at the power centre for many years she was never in the midst of serious controversy and she cleverly avoided public ire. Her name coming up for consideration for the post of V P itself is a proof of her good standing among the politicians and the general public.

However,  she certainly had a past working under a Republican President and if someone wants to begin on a clean slate Rice might not be his choice. Again, Rice has her own views on certain things like Abortion, Gun Control, Gay marriage etc. and the one who chooses her as a partner for Presidency  must have to be in tune with her views  for peaceful co-existence.

Any way  Rice is unlikely to succumb to the demand to become Vice President. But it beats me as to why she is active in politics with political speeches at fund raising meetings and other gatherings all of a sudden?  The question is, is it just a show of support to the Republicans or more to it than meets the eye?