<--Do not question this man. Ever.

Focussing on local politicas for a change, Mayor Richard M Daley, mayor of Chicago since 1989 has won yet another term in office, despite -- nay -- because he is being invesitigated for corruption by the feds. The NYTimes reports:

There was no last-minute rallying of the troops. No visible excitement or nervousness. And no entourage.

During the campaign, Mr. Daley hardly acknowledged his opponents, Dorothy Brown, the clerk of the Cook County Circuit Court, and William Walls [who proposed replacing all heavy machinery at the O'hare expansion project with thousands of people with shovels], a former aide to Harold Washington, the city’s first elected black mayor. There were no debates.

After Mr. Daley voted, a reporter asked what grade he would give himself as mayor so far.

“You don’t give grades,” he said. “Grades are only given on Election Day.”

Damn Daley. That takes, if I may be so crude, cojones muy grandes. Mayor Daley is so awesome that he refuses to grade his own administration. Damn, he's good.

Cospicuously absent from the New York Times, though -- I suppose it wasn't News that's fit to print -- was the fact that only one-third of the city voted, and to be honest they were all either dead or recipients of a four pound ham courtesy of the Democratic machine. So let's see then, 71% of one third of the city voted for Daley, that is about 23% of the electorate, which I believe by Mr. Daley's own standards gives him an F-.

Just kidding Mr. Mayor! You know Chicago loves the mob. It does wonders for us. Please don't cut off my utilities now. Please. Kickback?