How could Condi Rice ever sell herself as an expert? When she was National Security Adviser, we had the worst security disaster in the history of the nation. Her academic expertise is in the Soviet Union, which, need I remind you, no longer exists. Condi will not run and with Palin could never raise the money to come close to winning. WORMS (White Old Rich Men) still control the money of the oligarchy.
Palin is not so much a leader as a person who quit her elected job to peddle a mediocre book that she did not personally write.
The Republicans could have an all Black West-Cain ticket, or Cain-West ticket with expertise on anthem singing and pizza marketing as well, but I don't see that happening, either.