“Our goal, as it has been from the beginning, is to ensure that every eligible vote is counted and that the integrity of this election process is protected,” [National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Paul Lindsay] said.
In GOP speak, that means convincing the courts to only count those votes cast in their favor–in other words, let’s ignore a large portion of absentee ballots (they even hired a pollster to figure out which way these votes were leaning!), let’s disenfrachise students, and let’s challenge the vote of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. Yesterday, Gillibrand responded to the on-going ridiculousness of the Tedisco campaign:
The Republican’s challenge is frivolous and without merit. This is part of their larger attempt to disenfranchise legal Democratic voters and delay the inevitable Democratic victory in the 20th. Every day that the national Republicans waste with their dishonest stalling tactics is another day Upstate New Yorkers are deprived their Member of Congress.
Donate to Murphy’s campaign here. He needs all the help he can get to win this dirty fight.
The judge is a GOP hack.
Not to mention that every little bit counts! Murphy’s lead is now up to what, 47?
and pending the outcome of the Republican attempts, Nate Silver thinks Saratoga County will actually increase Murphy’s lead:
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/04/battle-of-saratoga-wont-save-tedisco.html
I trust Nate Silver. He’s like alcohol–makes the truth easier to get to