To: ampat
Tom Ridge: Effective Governor, Vietnam Veteran, Homeland Security Chief who is responsible for preventing attack since 9/11, House Representative, telegenic/tall/articulate.
To: jagrmeister
Tom Ridge, anecdotal reactions I've heard from people boiled down into one phrase, true or not (most likely not): "Lightweight in over his head."
Given time to mature, electable? Definitely possible. Would need to develop slightly more aggresive rhetoric, methinks.
To: jagrmeister
Do you really think Ridge is very telegenic, as well? He has a bit of that plastic air about him, detached from the press conferences (and not with the affability of a Rumsfeld).
His resume is impeccable, I can't argue there (as far as I know, muckrakers can make up anything).
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