GOP sees lessons, silver lining in Tedisco loss

Once Tedisco finally conceded the race to Murphy, I think Republicans started to wonder what went wrong. From what I could tell, Tedisco's advantages were significant once the race began, but he allowed himself to believe that he was going to win because of the large Republican base and the name recognition he had over his competition. While those are very good things to have in your pocket, I think he failed to promote a positive image of himself during the campaign. Rather than showing a lot of advertisements promoting the good things that he was going to bring to office, I constantly saw negative attacks on Murphy and his lack of experience in the political arena. Challenging Murphy's stance on the stimulus was something that needed to be done, but Tedisco failed to outline exactly how he would have increased the prosperity of the nation if elected. The point that the article focuses on with regard to the absentee ballots is very valid because Murphy understood that the race was going to be close and that if it came down to a few votes, he knew he needed all that he could get. Tedisco failed to go after citizens for absentee ballots and that ultimately cost him the seat. Republicans lost in their first potential race of change, but they can take away some of the lessons that caused Tedisco to concede and apply them next election because if they do not then Democrats may just hold or increase their lead in both houses.