Kucinich campaign pays for recount in New Hampshire

I'm all for counting votes accurately, and I like Dennis Kucinich, but seriously, WTF!

CONCORD, N.H. -- The state on Wednesday began the process of recounting the Democratic ballots cast in last week's primary.

Shortly before 8 a.m., the ballots that had been stored in Manchester were loaded onto hand trucks to begin the journey to Concord. The recount was requested by candidate Dennis Kucinich, who paid $27,000 to the secretary of state to begin the recount.

"The big thing, I think, is to determine if the paper ballot count, the hand count, matches the machine totals," said Emmanuel Krasner, and observer for the Kucinich campaign.

First of all, WHY? Less than two percent of the vote and, I'll "boldly" predict right now that this recount won't shift the balance more than a couple hundred votes (if that, because after all, this isn't Florida or Ohio). Second of all, I'd be interested to see how much cash the Kucinich campaign has on hand. They're not running advertisements, they're not really doing anything to get his message (which is one I actually like) out. Why not spend this money towards ads instead of trying to gain a couple of votes in New Hampshire?