| In his friendly chat with Dicker, Tedisco stated that he was resigning because he had planned to all along and "Now, we've got a transition to Congress."
He denied that he was being forced out:
No truth to it whatsoever. This was my decision.
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It would be silly to go another eight weeks, transitioning and counting votes, and trying to raise money to go to Washington, while you're trying to lead this conference.
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It's no question that I've gotta go and now transition to Congress.
Tedisco is settling in for a recanvass/absentee verification process that could take eight weeks, well beyond when overseas military absentee ballots are opened on April 13.
I couldn't spend another eight weeks trying to be leader and raising money for the lawyers that have to go through this count.
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The Pelosi crew is coming in with every single attorney they have available.
Tedisco responded briefly to criticisms, some from within his party, that he ran a lousy, too-negative campaign:
We did not run a picture-perfect campaign, but I think we brought it back the last two weeks when I took over.
That's BS -- Tedisco's attacks on Murphy, some of them bald-faced lies, only intensified in the last two weeks.
More pure BS is Tedisco's repetition of his absurd claim that he read every bill he voted for in the past, and would do the same if elected to Congress.
The guy just does not know the campaign is over, and there's no need to keep on lying.
And Tedisco's adopted the Rove strategy -- in a close election, act like the inevitable winner and begin talking about the transition.
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