Trump's been doing a lot of tweets about the recount. It makes me wonder if they're worried there might be something there, there.
I'll just give strategic political advice. What Trump admin SHOULD do:
-- start going more establishment. Get Romney in for sec of state, and some more establishment GOP people.
-- take the high road about the recount. Handle it like W. Bush did -- be totally QUIET and calm in public about it, and then just have good lawyers etc.
-- Start distancing from Kremlin ties, either now or SOON. I actually don't think (just my hunch) there was any direct involvement between the campaign and Russia regarding influencing the election.
But the transition team ought to start thinking about how things LOOK.
They should start to distance from anyone that's got Russia lobbyist ties, etc. And they should start having a more balanced policy about Russia, like, make some moves that are in support of Ukraine and the Baltics.
This would inoculate the administration in case some stuff starts coming out, about Russia influencing the election.
If things start coming out, and if at the same time Trump admin is trying to push Russia-tied staff through Senate confirmation, and at the same time they've got total pro Kremlin policies -- then it wouldn't look good, or help matters.
I found this interesting, Bernie Sanders seems to be against the recount:Bernie Sanders downplays Wisconsin recount: ‘Nobody cares’“It’s taking place. The Green Party has the legal right to do it … No one expects there to be profound change, but there’s nothing wrong with going through the process,” Mr. Sanders said, going on to throw cold water on any notion that the result in Wisconsin could change.
“This is exactly the issue — nobody cares,” he said. “I don’t think Hillary Clinton, who got 2 million more votes than [President-elect Donald] Trump in the popular election, thinks it’s going to transform the election. But do people have the legal right to do it? Yeah, we do.”
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/27/bernie-sanders-downplays-wisconsin-recount-nobody-/
I'm a bit surprised by that. I wonder WHY Bernie is downplaying it? I wonder what his reasons are.
It's actually the Democratic Party base that is all giving money to the recount.
It seems to me like a LOT of people in the base, just have some questions about some things and just want an honest audit and double check, that's all -- it's not like people can't accept Trump, that's not the situation.