POLITICS AND NATURE

The votes are in and the people have done their jobs. Today, Nevada conducted caucuses and South Carolina held their Republican primary. It is to be seen what happens in the long run in but Senator John McCain walked away with a win, Mitt Romney, the governor of Massachusetts, won in Nevada, and Hillary beat back Barack Obama and set out on what, once again, her campaign will discuss as an inevitable march into history.

Pundits are talking about who will win, who gets the edge, and who has an advantage. Two things are sure, John Edwards will take his divisive rhetoric back to do wherever extremely rich lawyers with no vision and a failed presidential candidacy wind up going after blindly staying through the end, and fiendishly foolish Fred Thompson will finally saunter back to wherever he came from and simply go away. You can rest assured, Fred won't hurt for cash, no matter what the outcome of any election, and his second wife is much younger than he. So he'll probably continue on preaching family values which, of course, don't apply to him ...... kind of like most conservatives. But this is another story.

The coolest thing about it all is the more strenuous and close each race is, the more people throughout the country get interested in politics. It is my considered opinion, more people who care, more people will discuss possible options, they will take an opinion and force this nation to move in a positive direction.

For Hillary, Nevada was a step closer into history. Never count this woman out. Obama needs South Carolina more than ever. The air of inevitability seems so real now for Hillary. On February 5, 2008, people will enter the polling booth on a different level. What is most important is that people vote and vote their conscience. I will survive a Republican winner if that is what the nation wants. I just don't agree with their ideology.

I think they will give away the nation to the richest and most privileged, they will forget those who need health insurance and help raising their children, they will disregard the best and brightest ideas about governance and they will continue the downward spiral started by George W. Bush. This is my opinion.