for Susan Rice
There is only one contender who meets that standard: Susan Rice, whose preparation puts her in a different league from anyone else in the running. During the Clinton administration, she worked on the National Security Council and served as assistant secretary of state for African affairs. She was Obama’s United Nations ambassador and national security adviser.
Her background is a crucial asset in the area where a president has the greatest power, and where deep knowledge is the best safeguard against catastrophe. Rice would not need an education in dealing with Iran, North Korea, Russia, China, Israel or our NATO allies. She’s not only better equipped in foreign and defense affairs than the other vice presidential prospects; she’s better equipped than any president since Richard Nixon.
I say this though I strongly disagreed with her support for the U.S. intervention in Libya. But her high-level experience is some protection against unnecessary risks. Any mistakes she would make would not stem from ignorance or naivete.
Rice’s resume is skimpy only on domestic matters, where the president has both less control and less risk of fatal mistakes. No one can doubt that, with her formidable brain power (Phi Beta Kappa at Stanford, Rhodes scholar), she would soon master that part of the job.
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