Condoleezza Rice on the 2012 ticket. That’s a winner! She is a brilliant women who is more qualified to be president than any GOP or Democrat candidate, period. Yes, that includes Barack Obama, but then I’m more qualified than he is.

I can’t think of a better running mate for whoever wins the Republican nomination, apologies to Sen. Rubio.

The Washington Times had an interesting piece on this yesterday:

America’s first black female secretary of state is quietly positioning herself to be the top choice of the eventual Republican presidential nominee, ready to deliver bona fide foreign-policy credentials lacking among the candidates. The 56-year-old has recently raised her profile, releasing her memoir in November and embarking on a monthlong book tour.

After 2 1/2 years as a professor at Stanford, Miss Rice is reportedly getting “antsy” to get back into the political game. “She’s ready to go,” said one top source…

Her addition to the ticket, which wouldn’t come until late next summer, would dramatically change the dynamics of the 2012 election. As a black woman – her family has roots in the Deep South stretching back to before Civil War era, and worked as sharecroppers after emancipation – she would mute Democrats’ charges of racism among conservatives, especially tea party members. And her sex would likely prompt moderate women to take a serious look at the Republican ticket.

Plus, her selection would be a giant chess move to counter the expected replacement of Vice President Joseph R. Biden with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Sure, the White House denies and denies, but that should really make any political watcher more suspicious. One White House insider even told me that the position swap was the only reason Mrs. Clinton joined the administration in the first place….

Of course, like any black conservative (see Cain, Herman), she is mostly reviled in the liberal community. In the midst of the Bush administration, Eugene Robinson, a columnist for The Washington Post, asked, “How did she come to a worldview so radically different from that of most black Americans?” Funny thing is, she is, unlike Barack Obama, an “American black.”

And Miss Rice, in her inimitable way, had a response. “Why would I worry about something like that?” she said about the criticism. “The fact of the matter is I’ve been black all my life. Nobody needs to tell me how to be black.”…

But imagine the debate, whether it’s against Mr. Biden or Mrs. Clinton: Miss Rice would bring a huge resume – not to mention a real understanding of the world, on which top Democrats seem to be clueless. Talk to Iran? Um, maybe not. Negotiate with Mr. Putin: Been tried, doesn’t work. And all issues of race would be moot.

There are a few other women available as down-ticket choices: Rep. Michele Bachmann will certainly be considered, as will Nikki Haley, the South Carolina governor who last week endorsed Mitt Romney. But nearly no one on the Republican side – man or woman – can deliver what Miss Rice can. And while you haven’t yet heard her name when the political pundits tick off the top tier of vice-presidential players, you’re about to.

If you ask me, she’s the perfect choice. It would sure make voting for Romney a lot easier with her on the ticket.