Maybe you can help me out here. I am not usually oblivious; if someone has a prsonality flaw I can recognise it. So what exactly do you think it is with her? I see a bright, concerned, capable woman who can speak with intelligence and be compassionate without sounding patronising. Do the Republican men and women feel threatened by a capable woman?? I mean what is the problem with her? Condi Rice is a puppet; no strength of will, just manipulated by a nit-wit. I can't figure it out.