The Miami Herald did a partial recount of ballots in Florida which many are spinning as (a) a full recount and (b) firm proof that their boy "won." It was actually neither and if it proved anything, it was how sloppy the entire election and vote-counting were…a point made in a recent editorial in that paper. Here's a link to that editorial — and, by the way, I think the quote from the movie Key Largo is spurious, but the rest of the article seems to make great sense. I suggest that anyone who's really interested in the issue of who won Florida ignore the spinmeisters, read all the articles in the Herald's special section on the topic — taking careful note of all the caveats about arguable or missing ballots — and then regard it all as only one part of the story.
The biggest, closest-to-definitive press recount — by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and others — is still a few weeks from release. I doubt it'll convince one loyal Republican that Bush didn't win, nor one die-hard Democrat that Gore wasn't cheated. But maybe whatever it shows will get someone angry enough to get some repair work done to a slipshod voting system that is insulting and detrimental to democracy.