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Ridge: ‘We’re a little bit too doggone shrill’

Explaining his choice not to run for Senate Thursday, former Gov. Tom Ridge called it the “toughest personal political decision I ever had to make.”

Ridge made his comments on MSNBC’s Hardball, only hours after he had announced his intentions.

During the interview, he also called for the Republican Party to more tolerant and civil in its debate, saying at one point the GOP needs to “reduce the decibel level—we’re a little bit too doggone shrill.”

See video of the interview here.

May 7, 2009 at 6:45 pm

--Dan Hirschhorn

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  1. David Diano

    May 8th, 2009

    Really? The TOUGHEST decision? They always say that.

    I think the quote should have been:
    “we’re a little bit too doggone happy making a ton of money in the private sector” :-)

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    Jun 16th, 2009

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