When you say "I don't see why you couldn't convert from the Traditional IRA you use for the rechacterization" - does conversion from traditional to Roth an officially different process / term than recharacterization, which is the other way around?
I thinking about keeping the money in place to make sure this gets done by the end of the year and avoid the whole withdraw / deposit process. But maybe it's better if I do that so it's "cleaner"?
