And the winner of the award for most pathetic, self-deluding spin goes to Joe Lieberman, who when he spoke to his supporters tonight was still convinced that his “Joementum” had carried him to a three-way tie for third place in the New Hampshire primary.

Even a politician should be able to do arithmetic better than that. Here are the results, which percentage-wise do not differ from where they stood when Lieberman made his claim to a third-place tie.

No wonder Lieberman told Gore to contest the 2000 election. He’s clearly incapable of accepting a political loss.

Wake up, Joe. You’ve got nomentum.