Nor does it hurt to demand an audit. If you never try you'll never know if you could have succeeded.

But, don't expect anything to come from it. This is a state-by-state thing. States run elections. Challenges and recounts must originate in individual states. I'm not seeing any sign of that happening. The EC will vote on the appointed date and the inauguration will happen on January 20. Short of some miracle, the results of both are already known.

Reality often sucks. We need to start looking forward, it seems to me. We need to find some way to minimize the damage.

But there is a significant wishful-thinking brigade that won't let it go, which is, of course their right.

But it does nothing to help us prepare for a potential Senatorial slaughter in 2018.

even if some of the electors went the faithless route, Congress would simply reject their votes and send the election to the House.

Could you elaborate, please?

or planet at this point if we quietly accept this theft of democracy.

then you should do whatever you think will accomplish that.

But, consider this: The Clinton campaign has not demanded recounts in any state, as far as I am aware. If it does not, there will be no recounts. If there are no recounts, there will be no change in the official results.

I think the Clinton campaign has looked at results, state-by-state, and has concluded that recounts in those states will not change the outcomes. I think that she and her campaign is out of this.

A federal audit? Well, that won't take place until after the inauguration, frankly, and will require the courts to weigh in on a state-by-state basis. Elections in this country are state-run. Of all the states' rights issues, that is the one with the strongest support. That's why so many states have archaic and biased voting laws. Those laws remain in effect.

We have less than 60 days before a new President moves into the White House.

I'm moving on to look for ways to obstruct the Republicans' plans, frankly. The election is over.

I'll start by upping my communications with my elected representatives, all of whom are Democrats, except for the President-elect. I'll also be talking with other Democrats in my area to see what we can come up with. We have two Democratic Senators and one Democratic House member in my district. They will be working tirelessly to block terrible appointments and actions, and will be working to convince some Republicans in Congress to act with them.

As for myself, I'm not a powerful person, politically. I'm just a lowly precinct chair in St. Paul, MN. Individually, I'm not sure what I'll be able to do.

Not an effort to revive the patient. Why we lost is the topic, toward the end of finding what we can do better next time.