Posted on 05/05/2009 11:04:01 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
Former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge (R) 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.
Polling suggests that Ridge would be more competitive than Toomey against Specter, who left the GOP last week, in a general election. In a new survey by Quinnipiac University, Specter leads Ridge by a narrow margin of 46 percent to 43 percent, while he holds a 20-point margin over Toomey.
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How does he expect to get through Toomey?
Lessee if the "We don't need a conservative we need someone who can win" crowd falls for it again.
Tom Ridge loves illegal immigrants. NO MORE RINOS!
I think Rush hit the nail on the head yesterday...the Republican Apparatchiks would rather lose than win with a Conservative.
Ridge should switch to the Democrat party. That would really throw a monkey-wrench into this mess.
I’m pulling for Peg.
Then we need to ELIMINATE the AppaRatchiks.....
NO MORE RINOS!
fixed...
well if true Conservatives vote in the R primary then Toomey should win and Ridge can continue to enjoy his retirement. that being said if Ridge does win and faces Good ol Arlen then obviously i hope Ridge wins if nothing else than to wipe that traitorious yutz’s smile right off his ugly face
Bull$#it. Give the purists a try, and we'll talk.
That is most certainly the case in PA.
Wouldn't you rather lose than win with a RINO?
Are you all finally catching on that there is only one political party owned & run by the elites & for the elites. You sheeple just show up & vote in the charade to give revelence but don’t speak out against The Government because soon the Gestapo will be at your door. Or maybe you can be banned from the UK as Savage is because of his beliefs.
If those idiots would run a hard-nose that would bitch-slap the Al Sharptons, pseudo-catholics, and "be kind to felon" types, PA would turn Red in a heartbeat!
Yup.
In sports, we call it “blowing up the team.” You have to get rid of players, and rebuild, even though for the short-term you will suffer for it.
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