[Dr. Sivana]

For every vote that Ridge loses for being on the ticket, he can easily get 2 or 3 pro-choice voters.

Your statement has no basis in fact. Actually it goes against all of the polling data I have seen on the subject. The pro-aborts who base a vote on whether the veep is pro-abort is voting Obama anyway.

Besides that, it would certainly cost seats in the House in some red states, as pro-lifers stay home, and pro-aborts vote for Dems for House and Senatewhile voting for McCain.

[WilliamReading]

I have seen Tom Ridge run in Pennsylvania, a strong pro-life state. He lost a few votes from the Pro-life side, to be sure, but he always made them up, on the pro-choice side.

He has never lost an election . .