I dispair. This whole episode has been a travesty. It goes on right under everyones nose.In broad daylight. George Washington must be rolling in his grave.
Then you despair for no reason. Aside from the state Supreme Court's decision to allow both campaigns to review and agree which rejected absentee ballots should be counted (which has no basis in Minnesota law, and which I believe gave Franken his lead because his campaign knew which ballots not to agree to be counted), this recount process has worked fine. Sure, there have been a few errors, but nothing blatant like happened in Washington in 2004.