But Judge Sullivan 's options are far more limited , and telecommunications lawyers at the hearing said that the challengers to the deals -- smaller telephone rivals and the New York attorney general , Eliot Spitzer -- faced an uphill battle even though they drew a judge who seemed willing to consider taking an aggressive role in considering the consent decree .
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