And don't forget... this also sets Ridge up as the parties standard bearer in 2012 if McCain wins (he would be 66).
I'm confused, are you now arguing for or against Ridge? 
I'm not jazzed about Ridge as President.
If he delivers Pennsylvania and the McCain campaign has polls showing he delivers Pennsykvania, then there's really no discussion. Ridge must be the pick. But if he doesn't clearly deliver Pennsylvania he shouldn't be on the shortlist because I don't see anything else about him that recommends him.
Well, what I was referring to is that the Ridge base will be extra energized over that prospect.
And I am 99% certain that Ridge delivers PA with minimal effort by the McCain camp. And he helps out McCain were he is likely to be weakest in Ohio... the Northeast.
What makes you think this? This is a very absurd assumption, Ridge would have to make a large impact on 150,000 voters choices for him to flip the state in a 50-50 election. Vice-presidential candidates don't even have close to that sort of a pull.
