Good point McG.

In some ways this whole thing has been handled well, and better than might have been the case in the UK. (For instance in the UK power changes hands immediately after the election, which has always struck me as ridiculous. Leaving a breathing space for the incoming administration to get up to speed, or to resolve any issue such as have arisen in Florida, seems entirely sensible.)

What is truly lamentable is the extent to which the US judiciary is politicised. Even the judges in Mugabe's Zimbabwe have shown greater independence than those poltroons in the US courts.