# Cheney to be replaced by Rice next year?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 21, 2005, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-to-be-replaced-by-rice-next-year/291203 "2005-02-21T17:26:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-to-be-replaced-by-rice-next-year/291203/41 "2005-02-25T18:23:55Z")

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> [@John Mace](#):
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> What a different Republican party that would be (assuming the relgious right wouldn’t go bonkers and field an independent candidate)!

But why would a Powell/Rice ticket alienate the religious right? (I’ve heard Powell is pro-choice, but I don’t know much more than that.)

> [@Little Nemo](#):
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> Powell the Democrats’ first choice? He’s their worst nightmare - a candidate they have no chance of beating.

There are still a lot of white Americans, **Nemo** – more than you seem to appreciate – who would never vote for Powell (or Rice) for the exact same reason as they would never vote for Jesse Jackson. And most of them, in recent years, have been voting Republican. If the Pubs nominated Powell they would be writing off a substantial part of their base, especially in the South. Yes, it still matters, believe it or not.

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