25 most powerful women in Republican politics.
Condoleezza Rice Former U.S. secretary of state 
As the nation’s first female African-American secretary of state,
Rice, 58, played a key role in counterbalancing the stauncher
neoconservatives in George W. Bush’s administration. Although she will
probably never be a favorite of social conservatives — she once
described herself as “mildly pro-choice” — Rice has frequently been
mentioned as a strong prospect to serve on a national ticket.
Fueling that speculation was her remark at the 2012 Convention that
her parents had raised their little girl to believe “she can be the
president of the United States.”
Whether Rice is really prepared to leave Stanford University for the
ground-and-pound of politics remains to be seen. But with her
extraordinary resume, it is a safe bet that Rice will continue to
inspire a generation of women leaders.
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13 | Meg Whitman President and CEO, Hewlett-Packard Co.
Whitman, who turns 57 this month, is that rare figure able to
comfortably shift between the realms of business and politics. Currently
she’s busy resurrecting the fortunes of Hewlett-Packard, trimming
corporate debt by some $1.8 billion.
She took over the helm at HP after spending $144 million of her own
money in a failed 2010 bid to keep California’s governorship in
Republican hands. Her management acumen appears irrefutable: During her
term as CEO of eBay from 1998 to 2008, company revenues grew from $4
million per year to $8 billion. But she also has kept her hand in
politics, endorsing Mitt Romney during the 2012 GOP primaries.
Whitman’s greatest skill, associates say, may be her ability to
inspire a strong culture of team building. Many observers believe it is
only a matter of time before Whitman is asked to put together a winning
team at some level in Washington.
19 | Carly Fiorina Business executive, Senate candidate
Fiorina, 58, is one of the most powerful women in American business.
From 1999 to 2005, she was chairwoman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard, making
her the first woman to lead a Fortune 20 company. Fortune named her the
Most Powerful Woman in Business for six consecutive years.
Fiorina was a leading advocate for Sen. John McCain’s 2008
presidential campaign and the RNC. She delved further into politics in
2010, mounting an unsuccessful bid to unseat California Sen. Barbara
Boxer.
In 2012, she served as co-chair to Mitt Romney’s presidential
campaign. Today, she serves as chairman of Good360, a nonprofit
organization that helps coordinate charitable donations of companies’
excess merchandise.
20 | Ann Coulter Author, Columnist, Commentator
One sign Ann Coulter’s broadsides are singularly effective is the
visceral reaction she triggers from the left. Her clever, best-selling
titles include How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) and If Democrats
Had Any Brains, They’d Be Republicans.
Coulter, 51, was an attorney before emerging in the 1990s as an
outspoken antagonist of the Clinton administration. She steadfastly
refuses to indulge the new American pastime of political correctness.
Coulter pens a popular syndicated column, serves as legal
correspondent for Human Events, and frequently appears as a commentator
on cable news shows. She was an early and outspoken supporter of Mitt
Romney in the 2012 election cycle.
21 | Michelle Malkin Author, Columnist, Commentator
“I was born — and remain — an ink-stained wretch.” So declares
Malkin, 42, on her website. This may be a revelation to those primarily
familiar with her work on television, where she is usually seen slicing
and dicing the administration’s latest pettifoggery. But Malkin actually
cut her teeth writing editorials for the Los Angeles Daily News and the
Seattle Times.
In 1999, she began penning her nationally syndicated newspaper column
for Creators Syndicate. Malkin has written four popular books published
by Regnery, including Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax
Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies. She is a Fox News contributor and has been
one of the Obama administration’s most strident critics.
