Is not Hillary Clinton, much as she hates to hear that.  Nor was Hillary ever able to exert this much power, for as it was reported:

Minutes after leaving President Omar el-Bashir's compound, Rice jabbed her finger at her top envoy in Khartoum.

Get the Sudanese on the phone, now, and make them apologize, Rice said. They quickly did.

Yes, Condi Rice can cow world leaders, without consulting or calling upon Bush first.  This very portrayal of her actions in Sudan show that all the naysayers and appologists who called Condi Rice an Uncle Tom, or "house nigger" for George Bush are so wrong as to be pathetically laughable.  No, it is not Condi barking at the door to be let in the White House.  It is Condi barking at the gurads to get out of her way because she IS going to talk to the president.

The most powerful woman in the world, probably since Queen Victoria of the 19th century, is not some white bread Political Schemer.  It is a black lady who earned the right to dictate the terms of her tenure.  It is a woman so strong that foreign leaders dare not piss her off, even while bad mouthing Bush or America in General.  In the words of the article:

Not since the days of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger.....have a president and his top diplomat communicated so closely or understood one another so well.

That clearly indicates a co-equal relationship (as Hillary wanted to pretend she had) instead of a subserviant one.

Condileeza Rice is a role model for all women of all races.  Of a woman that made it in an admittedly male world, on her own, without a hand out.  A BLACK WOMAN who does not rely on the role of victim to get what she wants.  She is not only a role model for all women, she is a role model for all people.

Love him or hate him, anyone who would denigrate this woman just because of their hatred of Bush will never amount to anything.  They dont have the intelligence for rational cognizant thought.