Tom Ridge: C or D?

Plus alot of people seem to REALLY dislike him, why?

As far as Republicans go, Ridge seems to be OK. He's a Northeastern Rockefeller Republican, more in line with the likes of Christie Whitman, George Pataki, and fellow Pennsylvanian Arlen Spector, than the Southern/Western GOP wackjobs like Jesse Helms or Trent Lott. He's also pretty popular in Pennsylvania, even among Democrats, and seems to have done a good job as governor. That's as much as I know about him.

My own opinion, though, is that the office he's been appointed to is kinda dodgy by its very nature. It has the potential to corrupt anyone, to nurture one's innate dictatorial tendencies, whether it would be Ridge or someone like Mario Cuomo. Just my two cents.

Is he the one in charge of the new U.S. gestapo? Dud: when his laptop crashes, so does world