The other day, Condoleeza Rice told the Senate Foreign Relations Commitee about her concerns with Russia…

“(The Russian government) is quite constructive in many areas … but that doesn’t excuse what is happening inside Russia, where the concentration of power in the Kremlin to the detriment of other institutions is a real problem,” she told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which must vote on her nomination.

No kidding. If the power in Russia goes anymore to the top — and by that, I mean to Putin’s head — he’s going to topple over. And not just figuratively speaking, as pretty a picture as that is.