Frankly I was terrified McCain would pick Tom Ridge. If he had I think this would have tourned out much closer if not differently.
I thought he was going to go with Ridge, and this would almost certainly have won him PA, but part of McCain's problem was the association with George Bush. While I am an Obama supporter, I thought that his campaign's portrayal of McCain as an extension of Bush was misplaced, but it seemed to work with the electorate.
Anyway, McCain would have had a harder time distancing himself from Bush with a Bush appointee as a running mate. Then again, he could have pounded away on Obama with greater force on the experience issue.
