Tonight was supposed to be the retort to last month, the big win after the GOP got pantsed in VA and NJ. They’d keep Sessions’ seat and do so in such a fashion that they could allay talk that the political winds were against them and picking up speed. Many probably expected to wake up tomorrow to headlines about how Moore overcame the allegations to win in exactly the fashion that Republicans have been winning that seat for ages.

Instead, tonight is just fuel on the fire. Tomorrow begins the Great Accounting, and the Long Knives won’t be far behind.