Gov. Tom Ridge: Counting to 270
As I like to be on record first, it is now time to make another prediction: the Republican Presidential nominee will ask former Gov. Tom Ridge (R, PA) to be his Vice-Presidential running mate.
I have not read nor seen anyone else mentioning Gov. Ridge in this capacity so I’m considering me to be the first (mark the date: August 1, 2007, about 460 days from election day).
After January 20, 2001 but before September 11, 2001, I wrote a letter to the Boston Globe stating that Gov. Tom Ridge would be the next Vice President of the United States. I was prompted by a news story reporting that Vice President Dick Cheney was having health issues (heart). I thought, well, who would President Bush nominate if Mr. Cheney either died in office or was compelled to resign? The answer (duh!): Gov. Tom Ridge.
On October 8, 2001, Gov. Tom Ridge was sworn in as the Nation’s first Homeland Security Secretary. Not being able to foresee 9/11 (recall the Clinton Administration’s Ms. Jamie Gorelick had constructed a super-sized wall between the FBI and the CIA preventing these agencies from sharing national security information with each other), I made my prediction. I think that Gov. Ridge’s elevation to Homeland Security Secretary made me figuratively correct (or, ZACKlyRight, as I like to say) . . . Gov. Tom Ridge certainly had to be at the very top of any list to replace Mr. Cheney if events unfolded in that direction.
Well, I insist I will still be literally correct. So, ramping-up my just-declared-prediction: the NEXT Vice President of the United States will be Gov. Tom Ridge.
Like the brilliant people surrounding the eventual Republican nominee, I, too, can count to 270 . . . the number of electoral votes needed to win the Presidency. In 2008, the state of Pennsylvania will be worth 21 electoral votes. If a Republican wins Pennsylvania there is NO electoral map configuration that will give the Democrat the election. Thus, Gov. Tom Ridge.
Gov. Ridge was twice elected governor of the State of Pennsylvania, a testament to his popularity in the state. He is a decorated Vietnam war veteran; he was the first enlisted Vietnam vet to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (six or seven times); and, as Governor he had a record of achievement in education reform and economic development.
Again, the next Vice President of the United States of America will be former Gov. and former Secretary of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge (who, by the way, is endorsing Sen. John McCain).
As I like to be on record first, it is now time to make another prediction: the Republican Presidential nominee will ask former Gov. Tom Ridge (R, PA) to be his Vice-Presidential running mate.
I have not read nor seen anyone else mentioning Gov. Ridge in this capacity so I’m considering me to be the first (mark the date: August 1, 2007, about 460 days from election day).
After January 20, 2001 but before September 11, 2001, I wrote a letter to the Boston Globe stating that Gov. Tom Ridge would be the next Vice President of the United States. I was prompted by a news story reporting that Vice President Dick Cheney was having health issues (heart). I thought, well, who would President Bush nominate if Mr. Cheney either died in office or was compelled to resign? The answer (duh!): Gov. Tom Ridge.
On October 8, 2001, Gov. Tom Ridge was sworn in as the Nation’s first Homeland Security Secretary. Not being able to foresee 9/11 (recall the Clinton Administration’s Ms. Jamie Gorelick had constructed a super-sized wall between the FBI and the CIA preventing these agencies from sharing national security information with each other), I made my prediction. I think that Gov. Ridge’s elevation to Homeland Security Secretary made me figuratively correct (or, ZACKlyRight, as I like to say) . . . Gov. Tom Ridge certainly had to be at the very top of any list to replace Mr. Cheney if events unfolded in that direction.
Well, I insist I will still be literally correct. So, ramping-up my just-declared-prediction: the NEXT Vice President of the United States will be Gov. Tom Ridge.
Like the brilliant people surrounding the eventual Republican nominee, I, too, can count to 270 . . . the number of electoral votes needed to win the Presidency. In 2008, the state of Pennsylvania will be worth 21 electoral votes. If a Republican wins Pennsylvania there is NO electoral map configuration that will give the Democrat the election. Thus, Gov. Tom Ridge.
Gov. Ridge was twice elected governor of the State of Pennsylvania, a testament to his popularity in the state. He is a decorated Vietnam war veteran; he was the first enlisted Vietnam vet to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (six or seven times); and, as Governor he had a record of achievement in education reform and economic development.
Again, the next Vice President of the United States of America will be former Gov. and former Secretary of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge (who, by the way, is endorsing Sen. John McCain).
posted by Zack at 6:40 AM
1 Comments:
I like your prediction and would really love to see Tom Ridge as VP on the Repulican ticket. I know he's already declined, but having him on the top of the ticket wouldn't have been too bad either.
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