It is important to remember, in the USA, that there is no law that requires a office holder to concede an election to their opponent. Public offices are held for specific lengths of time. If the incumbent looses their bid for reelection, they serve out their term,  and then the newly elected office holder is sworn in. 

In the USA presidential elections are recounted once, candidates can request recounts but they must pay for them. Once the States certify the election, the electors of the electoral college cast their votes, and a winner is declared.  The transition between presidential administrations has zero to do with conceding. That is just ho it is.

Egor

 As we come up to the Presidential election, please remember that it is nobody's business who you voted for, it is not ok to vilify people that voted differently than you, and there is always a looser. 

Take care, and VOTE.

Egor

 The US Constitution lists, and explicitly defines the roles and responsibilities, of the President of the USA. For a person elected to congress to state that the president cannot act upon his responsibly is ludicrous. While the president can, and should, put up another person to fill a vacant Supreme Court justice position. It is not something congress has the power to forbid. 

That's how I see it.

Egor

 It is a matter of public record that Oregon's governor spent over 2 million in salary raises to members of Oregon's government officials. It is also a matter of record that the Governor limited fire fighting monies to less than 14 million. I am not sure why a commissioner head, Oregon has at least 36 commissions, deservers 10 grand or more a month. It would seem to me that the people taking the risks should get paid more, and there should be more of them, rather than someone that has zero expertise in the commission that they oversee. Perhaps just me. Egor