Ex-Bush, Condi Rice aide: Republican Hyde-Smith is wrong choice in Mississippi Senate runoff by info@share.sv | Nov 25, 2018 | Political Ex-Bush, Condi Rice aide: Republican Hyde-Smith is wrong choice in Mississippi Senate runoff Elise Jordan, former speechwriter for Condoleezza Rice and aide to George W. Bush, says GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith is a risk Mississippi can’t afford.