Michael Scott was a colleague of mine for 26 years. We first met when my man won and his man lost. My man was Harold Washington, my mentor; his was Richard M. Daley, his mentor.

No matter. After the election, we worked together. Michael doing his part, I doing mine....

Okay, all you Barack Obama partisans who can't stand the thought that Roland Burris, of all people, sits in our president's former U.S. Senate seat.

And, hold-on, all you Democratic Party cheerleaders, who think there was a great, Democratic Party leadership victory for the American people Saturday night;...

First, my disclaimer: I'm not one of those pundits who gets paid to analyze the election results, voter turnout, or the implications of exit polls. But, here I go anyway: Here's my Chicago-community-organizer's take on Tuesday night's election results.

This is what the election outcomes feel like to me:...