In retrospect, Susan Rice was mainly a media-nominated candidate for Secretary of State, a figment of the conventional wisdom who got caught up in some unexpected realities. But last April , New York magazine's John Heilemann had an outlook that was considerably rosier:
Whatever
ultimately transpires with Iran and Syria, Rice's U.N. tenure is already seen
in the administration--and particularly by the guy behind the big desk in the
Oval Office--as having been a success. So much so, in fact, that, along with[Thomas]Donilon
and John Kerry, she is considered the likeliest successor to Clinton should
Obama win reelection.
In almost every respect, the two women
could hardly be more different. But in the past three years Rice has endured at
least one distinctly Clintonesque experience: being subject to attacks from
Republicans so baseless and incoherent they would have made a lesser woman's head
explode. It's hard to imagine that background won't come in handy in a second
Obama term.
The illustration for this story showed Susan Rice with the whole world balanced on her nose.
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