Hoffman "Unconcedes" in NY-23

The lesson here is don't quit until the votes have actually been counted:

Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman has "unconceded" in New York's special House election after reports that the vote margin between him and Rep. Bill Owens (D) has narrowed.

Hoffman conceded the race on Election Night after learning he trailed Owens by 5,335 votes. But the Syracuse Post-Standard reported last week that the margin had shrunk to 3,026 votes after recanvassing.

Hoffman appeared on conservative commenatator Glenn Beck's radio show this afternoon. Beck asked the him if he would "unconcede."
"Yes, if I knew this information at the election night, I would not have conceded," Hoffman said. Beck asked him again if he was "uncondeding" and Hoffman replied "If that’s possible, yes."

Hoffman's not going to win. Most if not all of the votes yet to be counted were cast when Dede Scozzafava was still in the race, so the likelihood that Hoffman could make up a 3,000 vote deficit is nil.

However, I wonder what might have been different if Hoffman had refused to concede on election night. Would Nancy Pelosi still have been able to swear Bill Owens in before the health care vote? Owens wouldn't have been able to break four campaign promises in his first hour on the job like he ended up doing.

Bottom line - if there's any possibility that you might win, don't concede. There's no benefit to it.