I heard Morris on the radio the other day hawking his book. I wasn't impressed. He sounded like a man with a huge vendetta.
I agree that Condi would pull a % of the black vote because of her skin color. However minority voting blocks are notoriously unreliable. The may support one canidate over another canidate, but getting them to the voting both is a huge problem. If "winning the black vote" won elections --- well then we'd have a Democratic President. Unfortunately there would also be a significant portion of the voting block of both parties that would not vote for a woman overall, and especially a black woman. I'm not sure Rice could even win the Republican nomination.
If she did win the party nomination, C Rice has incredibly strong ties to an increasingly unpopular President, unpopular war, and degrading economy. If things continue on their current path, the Republicans are going to be in for a rough election in 2008. Hilary Clinton of course comes with her own baggage. The hatred against her seems very polarizing.
But, given the choices, I imagine I would vote for Hilary Clinton and then spend yet another election wishing I had another choice.