I have never heard her claim explicitly or implicitly any victim mentality. She is far too smart and too accomplished (and too conservative) for that.
I like Condi. I think she would make a great president, oops, I mean vice president.
It was posted on a thread here within the past few days.
Condi is a very intelligent and accomplished person, you are entirely correct. However, I too have reservations about her performance as Sec. of State, She is also a reserved intellectual in temperament, and they generally despise campaigning, are also uncomfortable in crowds, and it shows. Nixon was a also brilliant, reserved intellectual, and had great difficulty connecting with the publc in the political arena. The press is extremely hard on people with that temperament in politics. Condi just does not have the personality for running for office, and she knows it.