There’s a school of thought that says, “Scott Brown doesn’t have to win today. In truth, he has won already. The Democratic party is badly rattled. President Obama is off his game. Brown has accomplished miracles, whatever the outcome.” Yeah, yeah, but this is not my school, particularly. My school is more, “A win’s a win, a loss is a loss. It’s good to win; it’s not so good to lose. Moral victory, schmoral victory.”

I think the Democrats will be mighty pumped if they win today. “There is nothing so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.” And the Republicans will be mighty down. We have been primed to win. To repeat myself, Yiddishly (I think), moral victory, schmoral victory.

I say all this in Impromptus today, and already there has been mail, the tenor of which is, “Yeah, I know. I have the taste of victory in my mouth. If Martha pulls it out by even one vote — that taste will turn to ash, even though Scott Brown will deserve all honors and thanks.”

But perhaps my school — “my school” — is politically and electorally greedy . . .