havesomeseichel, Democrats called for a recount in Florida in 2000 because the popular vote there was so close and Florida’s electors tilted the balance towards Bush. In this election, which one or two states did John McCain narrowly lose that would have tipped the electoral college to his side? If that would have been the case, I think the Republicans would have been right to call for a recount.
As it was, however, the only states in which McCain lost 51%/49% to Obama were Florida and Indiana; even if those electoral votes switched from Obama to McCain, Obama would still have over 300 electoral votes, well over the 270 vote threshold. data is from cnn, which as of this writing doesn’t call MO or NC for either candidate.