My feelings on Condi are thus: I think she's a really, really smart individual. But, I think that she was found to be lacking in her role of Nat'l Security Advisor. Her background as an expert on the former Soviet Union was not appropriate for the threats faced by our nation as she was brought into the administration. She managed to ignore overwhelming threats (i.e. "al Qaeda determined to attack inside U.S." memos sitting on her desk) during her tenture and presided over our nation's worst intelligence and security failure in 50 years.
Furthermore, as Secretary of State, she is to act as our nation's top diplomat and after reading about her tenure as provost at Stanford, I have serious doubts that she has the personality or diplomatic talent to handle the role successfully. For example, I cite this
LA Times article that delves into her performance in that post at Stanford University:
But critics say Rice was harsh, even ruthless, during her administration, the one time in her gilded career she has overseen a large institution. Improbably, the youngest provost in Stanford history and the first black and woman to hold the post helped prompt a Labor Department probe into the treatment of women and minorities.
Reading through her behavior at Stanford, one gets the distinct impression that this is a woman who just bulls her way through any potential collaberative efforts and just implements things "her way." Certainly not the kind of personality that a top diplomat would possess.
In short, I just don't think she's right for the job. I do think, that in the Bush administration loyalty is prized above all else and so it's irrelevant whether she's right for the job because she's fiercely loyal to the administration. A bad decision, no matter how you look at it.
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