{"id":6856,"date":"2013-11-24T10:42:37","date_gmt":"2013-11-24T17:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/\/?p=6856"},"modified":"2013-11-25T09:16:42","modified_gmt":"2013-11-25T16:16:42","slug":"madam-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=6856","title":{"rendered":"Madam President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The next president will almost certainly be a woman so get used to saying &#8220;Madam President.&#8221;\u00a0 The Democrats will in all likelihood nominate Hillary Clinton and if the Republicans want to have a chance to beat her they will have to nominate a woman also.\u00a0 Not one of the &#8220;values conservative&#8221; women like Michele Bachmann or Sarah Palin.\u00a0 I&#8217;m thinking about one of the accomplished centrist women Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>The two that come to mind are <strong>Condoleezza Rice<\/strong> a former Secretary of State and <strong>Susana Martinez<\/strong> the current governor of New Mexico?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Martinez.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8487\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=8487\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Martinez.jpg?fit=401%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"401,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Martinez\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Martinez.jpg?fit=401%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8487 aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Martinez-240x300.jpg?resize=240%2C300\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Martinez.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Martinez.jpg?resize=250%2C311&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Martinez.jpg?w=401&amp;ssl=1 401w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Rice.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8488\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=8488\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Rice.jpg?fit=486%2C651&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"486,651\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rice\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Rice.jpg?fit=486%2C651&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8488 aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Rice-223x300.jpg?resize=223%2C300\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Rice.jpg?resize=223%2C300&amp;ssl=1 223w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Rice.jpg?w=486&amp;ssl=1 486w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They can win against Hillary if the tide is running the Republican way which it certainly is right now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next president will almost certainly be a woman so get used to saying &#8220;Madam President.&#8221;\u00a0 The Democrats will in all likelihood nominate Hillary Clinton and if the Republicans want to have a chance to beat her they will have to nominate a woman also.\u00a0 Not one of the &#8220;values conservative&#8221; 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