Senate Confirms Rice As Secretary of State

My Way News: "WASHINGTON (AP) - Condoleezza Rice won easy confirmation Wednesday to be President Bush's new secretary of state, despite strong dissent from a small group of Democrats who said she shares blame for mistakes and war deaths in Iraq. The Senate voted 85 to 13 to confirm Rice, who succeeds Colin Powell as America's top diplomat and becomes the first black woman to hold the job." Boxer, Kennedy, and the other ultra-liberal democrats are in serious trouble. They've been designated to be attack dogs because they are "safe" (there seems no possible way to kick them out of office any time soon). Yet, even after their viscous attacks on Rice, such as directly calling her a liar (very rare to come from politicians), they could only muster 13 votes against her. I would have expected this to be the typical partisan vote. This indicates to me that there are democrats wanting a change in their party. Good for them. Couple this with the recent conservative rhetoric from Hillary Clinton regarding abortion. The ultra-libs may think they are "safe," but I think they are going to start seeing some major, major pressure to back down now.