A couple of years ago Dick Morris, an estranged former Clinton adviser, published "Condi vs. Hillary: The Next Great Presidential Race", which argued that Condoleezza Rice was the only person who could save America from a Clinton restoration. Since then Mrs Clinton has gone from strength to strength, and is preparing to announce her presidential candidacy any day now. Ms Rice has taken a relentless battering. The secretary of state spent this week on a tour of the Middle East before touching down in Germany and Britain. Her aim is to encourage Arab moderates to side with America in stabilising Iraq and the wider Middle East. Her bait is a promise to the Arab world that she will put more American muscle behind the creation of a Palestinian state. All worthy goals. But few people think that she can make much difference.
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