Why? Still more than 10,000 absentee ballots out there, as well as several precincts not counted.
Oh, I know, following FRed’s example in SC. (know that I love FRed, but he just didn’t fight like he should have, and gave up too soon.)
I believe the absentee ballots were sent in long before all the recent stuff - Hoffman’s rise and Doodoo’s decline. That’s why Hoffman couldn’t expect much from that count.
As for the four precincts with impounded machines, who knows how many votes that covers but it would have to be large to overcome the deficit of Hoffman votes given that the absentee ballots would probably just increase that deficit.
Then there’s fraud which would have come into play big time against Hoffman if it did get close. No wonder he conceded early.
If the local R party and the RNC had endorsed Hoffman (as I recall, they did not) and Doodoo had WITHDRAWN from the race and endorsed him, he would have won. She deliberately played the spoiler and the Repubs did nothing. They had the ability to help Hoffman win and they chose not to do so. Their agenda has nothing to do with values.
This whole situation played out in a very short time period and the fight was ad lib. Now the battle lines have been drawn for 2010. Conservatives know what has to be done and what can be done to win - and there is time to do it well.