Dudley Ignors Party Leaders

Word is that GOP leadership had advised all candidates not to concede. Concession closes the door on other possibilities and leadership advised it would be best in any race to bypass offering the concession speech too early. Dudley surprised me when he conceded before every vote was counted. Sure it was obvious that Multnomah County was going for Kitzhaber and it was also obvious that Linn County would go the same way once their count issues were resolved, but Dudley should have held firm until the bitter end. After all, when you spend as much as he did trying for the job he deserved a seat at the finish line. I suppose he decided to create his own finish.