Somewhere, possibly in some Senate office, a group of Democrats is looking at the returns and coming to the unpleasant conclusion that Kerry is out of his flipping mind if he contests an election he lost by some 4 million votes. As Goldwater led a delegation to Nixon to tell him the jig was up, Kennedy or Leahy is going to have to do Kerry the same service.
There are only two things that an extended fight to overturn a clear result can bring the country: unnecessary division in a time of war, and ridicule to the Democrat party. I have to think that the Democrats seek neither.