They can’t help themselves. Despite the ancient warnings against counting chickens and the dreadful memory of the unlosable, but lost, election of 1993, many Liberals and Coalition voters have been hubristically celebrating their victory this weekend well before voting booths opened or party workers began handing out their how-to-votes and long before the scrutineers began challenging dicey ballots.
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