If the previous errors were random, shouldn’t some of the recounting occasionally correct an error that was made in favor of the democrat, and thus award the GOP guy with a few more votes?

If instead the errors were not random, then don’t we, by the results, have to assume that the original count was biased against the democrat? And isn’t that hard to justify given the nature of the places where extra Franken votes are being found?

If Franken wins in a recount because a few hundred extra Franken votes are somehow located, this will be regarded with deep suspicion by conservatives AND by moderates. IMO, Minnesota and the country will be better served in the long run if Franken does not post an extremely a narrow victory on the basis of found votes.

As someone long enough in the tooth to have paid attention during various recounts, I know that most of the time there’s a recount that substantially alters the original results, the swing is always in the direction of the party that the given county or district leans toward. And that’s a suspicious thing for anyone who harbors doubts about human nature.