Wrap-up: Doheny holds commanding lead in NY-23; Hoffman doesn’t concede
(Saranac Lake, 1 am)
I’ve just left Doug Hoffman’s election-night headquarters at the Red Fox restaurant in Saranac Lake and the mood was solemn.
Doug Hoffman himself refused to emerge and speak to reporters or to the handful of supporters who remained.
A spokesman said that despite the roughly 500-vote advantage enjoyed by Matt Doheny, no comment or concession would be offered until tomorrow.
When asked to clarify why he wouldn’t speak, the spokesman said no information would be available until Wednesday morning.
It remains unclear whether Doug Hoffman will continue to pursue the 23rd district House seat on the Conservative Party line.
Several of the Hoffman supporters I spoke to made it clear that they would find it very difficult to support Doheny under any circumstances.
They expressed resentment, in particular, about attack ads aired by the Doheny camp, raising questions about Hoffman’s financial ethics.
In interviews tonight, Doheny argued that he would prevail over Democrat Bill Owens in November on the Republican and Independence Party lines.
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After the shameless and patently false attacks last year by the Hoffman camp against Dede, Hoffman should not be heard to complain about Doheny’s campaign.
500 votes is a commanding lead? ARe you kidding?
I must confess that during the last two weeks of this specific particularly unhinged election routine, despite the brief psychological refreshment I experienced on the Restoring Sanity Rally at Saturday, I have once for a second time begun to suss out suitable caves inside Northwest Territories of Canada to that we can retire and reduce the intellectual and moral potato sack sprint for the bottom that is our own national political conversation.