Yes, the Machine won in this year's mayoral race. At what cost? Over 3,000 registered voters showed up to oppose the Machine. It cost over $50,000 for the Machine to win this election. It made the Machine actually WORK HARD, cut lots of deals, make lots of promises, and stab lots of people in the back to stay in power. It made the Machine actually CAMPAIGN, spend money, drag people out to the polls who haven't voted in years and years. The "silent majority" of this City are getting more and more VERBAL.