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Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Ridge Runner
by West Virginia Rebel

Now this would be fun to watch:

Former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge is seriously considering a 2010 bid for the Senate seat held by Republican-turned-Democrat Arlen Specter and will make his decision in the next two weeks, according to several sources familiar with his thinking.

Ridge is perhaps the state’s most decorated Republican, having held a House seat for more than a decade, spent eight years as governor and served as the first secretary of homeland security under President George W. Bush. He was also mentioned as a possible vice presidential pick for Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) in 2008.

If he ran, he would almost certainly face primary opposition from former congressman Pat Toomey, a conservative who came within two points of knocking off Specter in the 2004 Republican primary. Toomey has made it clear that he is in the race regardless of whether Ridge, who is considered to be a moderate, runs.

If there is a place for the Republicans to begin to turn their fortunes around, Pennsylvania, one considered a crucial swing state, would be it. Toomey is a certifiable loon of the type that is loved by the “Real conservatives,” whereas Ridge is an old-school Northern (or perhaps near-Midwestern) Republican of the saner variety. Let the Republican Reconstruction Era begin here, if it can.

Posted by West Virginia Rebel on 05/05/09 at 04:00 PM in Politics  • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink • Discuss this in the forums
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