This always amazes me that they can say "recount" with a straight face. What it comes down to is "If the count shows he won it is wrong and must be re-counted ad-nauseum until the correct count is achieved showing that I won" Don't you just love that definition of a "correct count".
Remember what Edward G. Robinson says to Humphrey Bogart in "Key Largo":
"Let me tell you about the Florida politicians. I make them. I made them out of a whole cloth. Just like a tailor makes a suit. I get their names in the newspaper, I get them some publicity and get them on the ballot. Then after the election, we count the votes. And if they don't turn out right, we recount them. And recount them again. Until they do."