As you probably know, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to confirm Condi Rice as secretary of state 16-2, with only Sore Loser John Kerry and uber-Lefty Barbara Boxer of California voting "no" here. Now, Hot Potatoes reader John Austin offers:

I was watching the Condoleezza Rice confirmation hearings this morning when she was actually praised by newly elected Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill). When he was finished, I had to ask myself, has "Obama been laudin'" Ms. Rice?

Sorry, I think like that sometimes.

DFO: Fuhgeddabout ap-hollow-gizing and go to the head of the class, John. Terrific observation.

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