The Nixon/Al gore Pandoras box hit the nail on the head. Al Gore was so lacking in respect for the system (and our country), that he threw away several hundred years of tradition (that of course being not being labled a crybaby, and to drag the nation through 6months of heck recounting the votes). Nixon coulda' done it way back, but had too much respect. His and Kennedy's race was within 100k or so votes. Strange stuff happened during that election, like Kennedy loosing 90% of the counties in Ill, but WINNING it by 8k votes. (cough Mob). So why didn't Nixon whine and moan like Gore (and soon to be Kerry) did? Respect. Respect for the office of the President. I feel that is also why he stepped down (cough Clinton), during the Watergate scandal. I'm not sure where we lost that respect for such things, but it is too bad; it was one of the things that made us "great".
We don't need the Supreme Court dictating WHO our president is, which is the eventual outcome if we start throwing so many laywers around. IF you win, fine. If you lose, also fine. The system works. The fact that Kerry is going to choose a cabinet even if he doesn't get the electoral votes speaks volumes for his character or lack thereof.
Anyhoo...... It won't be that close I think, and I predict Bush will pull it out by a good 5% popular, and plenty o' electoral votes.
p.s. asinine