"I don't fault the Republicans for trying to get the courts to stop the recount--the Dems would have done the same had it gone the other way in Florida. That's just what they do."

Correct. Both those parties are like all political parties...they are totally ruthless, ammoral, and they are concerned with only one thing: how to win. Not fairness. Not legality. Not honesty. Just..."How can we win this thing?"

The great shame is that the Supreme Court stopped the recount. In so doing, they betrayed the electorate.