Condi Confirmed for SecState

Not without many bruises and a whole lotta posturing by Democratic opponents, Condoleeze Rice has been confirmed for Secretary of State in the 2nd term Bush administration. The depth of the opposition can be best dramatized by this quote from the linked article:

The tally, though one-sided at 85-13, was still the largest "no" vote against any secretary of state nominee since 1825.

Now, anyone who thinks the criticism and attacks were about the SecState position is just fooling themselves. Democrats will be spending the next 4 years attacking Condi the way that Republicans will be attacking Hillary. They are (at the moment) the presumptive front-runners for the Presidential primaries in '08. So any attack now is an attack they won't need to use 4 years from now.