Transferred soul (was Re: What did Riddle want from Ginny?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 111518

I've been following this thread and it occurred to me that it may not 
have been Ginny's soul Tom was after but more simply the fact that 
she was a pureblood, something that would give Tom the boost he 
needed to be of any true worth to Salazar Slytherin. Although Tom was 
the last heir of Slytherin he was not a pureblood heir. If Tom had 
rematerialized his sixteen year old self by way of a pureblood would 
that have made him stronger and possibly more worthy to continue 
Salazar's noble work?

What set Ginny apart from any other student attending Hogwarts that 
year? Malfoy had the answer! It may have been two-fold on Malfoy's 
part to place the diary in Ginny's possession. The first part was 
that he had to get this diary into the hands of a pureblood who 
wouldn't be old enough or bright enough (yet) to be suspicious, the 
second would be to inconspicuously approach such a person. There 
aren't many young pureblood wizards left who would fit this 
description. However, first-year-student Ginny, daughter of that 
muggle loving blood traitor Arthur Weasley, was the perfect 
unsuspecting victim. So not only did Malfoy do a service for his 
master but he also took great satisfaction in using the daughter of 
Arthur to do it with.

I do have a few questions though, how was it that Tom Riddle was able 
to possess Ginny when Voldemort could not possess Harry? Doesn't 
Ginny possess any of the `power' that Harry has in abundance? If 
Ginny does possess some of the `power', was it just not enough of 
this `power' to stop the possession by Riddle? Or, was Voldemort very 
different somehow than young Tom Riddle before all the 
transformations?
Snow