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To: pompsander who wrote (517)	11/7/2008 4:23:58 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 103300

Re: "Buddy, I think (in perfect hindsight) that a selection of Tom Ridge would have probably gotten McCain Pennsylvania and maybe Ohio." Pomp, we've danced around this one before. <ggg> I'll bet that McCain's folks looked at Ridge (& Pawlenty & at the ex-Bush foreign trade negotiator from OH... what was his name?) all pretty closely. Those three (&, IMO, ole Huckleberry :-) most likely should'a been on the list of finalists for the V.P. selection. (ALL of those four, and I'll add Palin to that to make five, I believe would have run stronger electorally than, say Romney would have.) But, from an electoral point-of-view, none of them came without some 'fleas'.... Ridge, for example, would have sent the 'Holy Roller Crowd' literally over the edge. (So, again, IMO... what he added in PA he might have cost in Party enthusiasm and contributions elsewhere... possibly even costing GA as well as FL, perhaps others.) Pawlenty might have been perceived as 'safe', and would have brought some youth to the ticket... but has been regarded as a bit of a 'snooze' on the stump (& almost as unknown on the national level as Palin was before her selection). If I had been making the decision for McCain camp, I would have thought that ole Huck, also a Governor as was Ridge, gave the best combination of pluses and minuses (but possibly McCain did not want to seem to be 'anointing' someone who would so obviously grow into the GOP candidate for 2012 --- and thereby from day one begin to overshadow the one term McCain. Ironically though, even while likely wanting to avoid that fate, it seems that that might have happened with Palin anyway. :-) (I'm guessing that was something that McCain never really expected when he decided to 'roll the dice' with a gamble on Palin....)

To: pompsander who wrote (517)	11/7/2008 10:20:50 PM
From: Sedohr Nod	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

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