I thought it was a great sign for our city. People came in to vote.

Clearly our city is less than half the size it was previously ? maybe 200,000 people. Yet we had 80 percent of the votes cast in 2002. Think about that.

Where he dominated, he really dominated.

With less than half the population, to have 80 percent of the votes cast in 2002 _ clearly that's a significant number.

So the African-Americans' candidates are progressing to the runoff.

Sure, there's a lot of interest. But the road to hell is paved with good intentions.