After a tough night for democrats, both far and wide, Jim Gray’s support staff were hoping that the edible arrangement they ordered for him will be enough this morning.

“It’s colorful, it’s delicious and you can have it when you’re on a diet, I mean what’s not to love,” said staff support associate Margot Freedman. “Sure we ordered it because it was appropriate for either potential outcome, but now we’re just not sure it was enough? It hurts even worse because he lost to a Tea Party candidate and Jim’s grandfather was tea magnate Earl Gray.”

Another staffer echoed those sentiments saying “It doesn’t really feel like some cantaloupe slices are enough to console someone after months of hard work come crashing down within a matter of hours but what else can we do? We payed the extra $5 for the chocolate covered strawberries on a stick because I can’t even look him in the eye.”

The group had all pitched in for the gift, thinking that not only would the former Vice Mayor appreciate the thought, but he also might share some of the pineapples cut into a star shape.

“Look Jim’ll have some coffee, and a delicious post breakfast snack, and we’ll all move on right? Right?!”

Gray at press time was still waiting for the right time to come out of his office and address his support staff. During the wait, his office issued a statement that while disappointed in last night’s outcome, Gray was excited he could now focus full-time on his upcoming Gubernatorial race.