Given the likely results today, tomorrow begins a period of penitence, prayer, and fasting — a five-year period for conservatives and Republicans to reflect on our pride, envy, anger, sloth, covetousness, gluttony, and lust. McCain-Clinton is a curse we’ve brought upon ourselves, both because of departure from our principles and because of failure to adapt the application of our principles to today’s conditions. Honestly, I don’t think we deserve to win this time.

Oh, Lent starts tomorrow, too (at least for papists and crypto-papists — not that there’s anything wrong with that! — Armenian Lent started Monday, and the Orthodox start March 10).