Post-election news from Halperin

Mark Halperin's The Page emerged as a must-read in this campaign season. Now that the election's over, there's no reason to think his site will be any less indispensable.

Some of the latest:

-- MSNBC has backed off a report reports that Rahm Emanuel has agreed to be Obama's chief of staff.

-- Halperin gives his grades to the two campaigns:

Obama: "Not a perfect candidate, but a truly great one."

Campaign manager David Plouffe: "Organized, disciplined, and tireless."

Chief strategist David Axelrod: "Used his intimate knowledge of his long-time client's strengths and weakness to underline Obama's thoughtful leadership skills and steer him away trouble."

-- John Kerry is supposedly itching to be SoS.

-- The five most important Americans who aren't Obama.

-- GOP minority leader John Boehner says conservatism isn't dead.