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At super PAC fundraiser,
Condoleezza Rice knocks Obama for immigration move and
predicts Romney victory
Condoleezza Rice (Rogelio V. Solis/AP)
WASHINGTON-- As a former Secretary of
State and National Security adviser, it's not every day
Condoleezza Rice chooses to talk domestic policy over
foreign issues. And as a scholar with a Ph.D. in political
science, it's not every day that she chooses to talk
politics over policy.
But on Monday night during a super PAC
fundraiser at the Capitol Hill Club, a private hangout for
Republicans only steps from the House office buildings, Rice
wasn't shy about diving into both.
Rice, whose post-Bush years have been
spent mostly at Stanford University, is making her voice
heard in political circles again. Just days after reportedly
bringing
down
the house with a powerful speech at a Utah retreat
with Republicans donors for Mitt Romney's presidential
campaign, Rice flew to Washington to headline a fundraiser
for
ShePAC, a new super
PAC that supports conservative female candidates.
While Rice spoke to the candidates on
the third floor of the club, about 150 ShePAC supporters
waited in a reception room downstairs, noshing on a spread
of roast beef, glazed ham, sweet potato puffs and watermelon
soup while bartenders poured glasses of whiskey, vodka and
wine in the back.
Introduced as "the smartest woman in
the world," Rice emerged from a side kitchen to address the
group.
Over the course of about 10 minutes at
the lectern, she focused her speech on a need for domestic
reforms and called for a change in executive leadership.
"This is a truly consequential
election. This is perhaps a turning point for the country.
I'm very often asked to speak about the foreign policy
aspects and there are some key important foreign policy
issues before us," Rice said before briefly listing a series
of challenges abroad. "There are many foreign policy issues
on the agenda, but we are not going to address any of those
international challenges unless we get it right at home. And
it's not right at home right now, and the American people
know it."
She went on to tell her own story of a
child who grew up in the segregated South whose parents
encouraged her to seek an education. Rice lamented what she
sees as changing attitudes about opportunities for success
in the United States and--without calling him by
name--criticized President Barack Obama for announcing that
his administration would selectively enforce immigration
laws.
"Americans who come here from other
places to be a part of that belief that you can come from
humble circumstances and do great things, which is why we
need an immigration policy that works," Rice said. "But, by
the way, we need one that the Congress and the president
work out together, and we need to do something about access
to education."
Rice, whose name is increasingly coming
up as a possible candidate to become Romney's running mate,
ended her talk with a shout-out to the former Massachusetts
governor.
"America has a way of making the
impossible seem inevitable in retrospect, and we're going to
do it again," she said. "We're going to strengthen
ourselves, our democracy at home, we're going to strengthen
our economy, we're going to do it with great leadership like
the people in this room and like Governor Mitt Romney, who
will be a terrific president."
When she finished, Rice promptly exited
through a side door without talking to reporters waiting
nearby. As she walked toward a vehicle waiting in an alley,
an aide said she would not be answering questions because
she had a scheduled appearance on Fox News later that night
and wanted any new comments to be exclusive to the network.
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Patti
C.