If Burns wins, we still are stuck with some type of power-sharing crap at 50-50 though, correct (assuming Allen loses the recount)?
I don't think so. Cheney breaks any tie. Besides, even a power sharing arrangement beats being the minority party.
Well, I don't know the procedural details of how the Senate comes up with an agreement, but it strikes me that McConnell is tougher and a better tactician than was Trent Lott, so he might do alright by us.