A Special Weekly Report From The Wall Street Journal's Capital Bureau
RIDGE MAY LINGER at Homeland Security while Bush seeks his successor.</br></br>Some department officials say White House homeland security adviser Fran Townsend, an oft-mentioned successor, lacks management experience. Another candidate, Undersecretary Asa Hutchinson, has strained relations with colleagues, including Deputy Secretary James Loy. In a bipartisan gesture, Bush aides sound out Democratic Rep. Jim Turner, departing after Republican-led redistricting in Texas, as a potential successor to Hutchinson.</br></br>Health and Human Services Secretary Thompson is expected to leave, but aides say no announcement is imminent. Insiders expect Trade Representative Zoellick to get a new post, with rumored options ranging from the World Bank to Mideast envoy. The latter would be unwelcome to Israelis recalling Zoellick's ties to ex-Secretary of State Baker, whom they consider partial to Arabs.</br></br>One potential USTR successor: Grant Aldonas, a Commerce Department trade official.</br></br>WHITE HOUSE CLAIMS election boost for its trade policy.