Lyke Thompson, director of the Center for Urban Studies here, is quoted in a story about Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's come-from-behind victory in Tuesday's election. Helped by vigorous campaigning and a widely televised eulogy at Rosa Parks' funeral, the incumbent mayor won 53 percent of the vote, compared to Hendrix's 47 percent, confounding pollsters who had predicted an easy victory for Hendrix. Now, the question is whether Kilpatrick can lead the city in the type of turnaround he pulled off in his own campaign. "The elephant in the room is the deficit," Thompson points out. The city projects a shortfall of $130 million to $300 million this year and has been trying to bridge the gap by cutting back on services and laying off personnel, including police officers.