{"id":689,"date":"2009-04-17T07:31:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-17T11:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2009\/04\/17\/tedisco-fighting-aura-of-defeat-prepares-for-legal-fight\/"},"modified":"2009-04-17T07:31:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-17T11:31:00","slug":"tedisco-fighting-aura-of-defeat-prepares-for-legal-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2009\/04\/17\/tedisco-fighting-aura-of-defeat-prepares-for-legal-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Tedisco fighting aura of defeat, prepares for legal fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Republican Jim Tedisco is losing the fight to convince the media that his bid to win the 20th district house race is still viable.<\/p>\n

Tedisco has suffered a flurry of negative reports, all suggesting that his pursuit of the House seat may be effectively doomed.<\/p>\n

An analysis published today in the influential, non-partisan The Hill<\/a> newspaper concluded that “things are looking very dim” for Tedisco.<\/p>\n

Democrat Scott Murphy currently leads by 178 votes. He’s led the race for more than a week, and the canvassing of absentee ballots only seems to have solidified his position.<\/p>\n

While there are still hundreds of ballots remaining to be tallied, The Hill points out that two-thirds of those votes “will come from counties where Murphy is both winning on absentees and won on Election Day two weeks ago.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Politico is reporting<\/a> that the “GOP is prepared for a protracted court battle…” <\/p>\n

The on-line journal released an internal Republican memo which concluded that “the election will most likely be decided in the courts.”<\/p>\n

But so far, Tedisco has lost most of the legal arguments his camp has mounted. <\/p>\n

New York’s election system does allow for multiple appeals that could drag the process out for weeks or even months.<\/p>\n

If Republicans can’t convince the public that he has a legitimate chance of winning, that kind of protracted court battle could be costly in more ways than one.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Republicans may conclude that they have a real chance of defeating Scott Murphy in 2010, if they can deny him the perks of incumbency as long as possible.<\/p>\n

If this race remains unsettled until, say, August or September, then the winner will have no time for a victory lap before the next race begins…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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