If I can take my eyes off this bizarre, late night TV coverage of the Cook County president’s race, I’ll be heading to bed soon and won’t be posting until later this morning because I have to do a long Capitol Fax first.

In the meantime, click on one of the election results links at the bottom of this post and take a look at how the vote went statewide then talk about it below.

To the Topinka/Duckworth/Radogno/Watson/Seals/etc. supporters out there, please try to avoid too much bitterness. You had ample opportunity to vent last night. The people have spoken. You gotta come to terms with it, so you might as well start now - even though the end of a losing campaign has all the subtlety of a speeding freight train slamming into a mountainside.

Besides, after I’m done working on other things I’ll just delete the over-the-top invective anyway. So deal with it or take it elsewhere.

*** UPDATE *** People. The title says “analysis thread,” not “whining thread.” If you still feel the urge to vent, go here so we can wall it off.

*** UPDATE 2 *** From the Sun-Times website: