My niece created and has owned her small business in California for decades. Now she is talking moving to Texas, for one thing to avoid the California taxes. She makes decisions on impulse, but at least she is willing to take risks. She is a real entrepreneur. Maybe that would be a good alternative, or at least a complement, to the vision for America of Obama -- with its plusses and minuses. A lot more positive than the meanness, the cramped mindedness of most Republicans today, it seems to me. They have lost their way, have forgotten what their message ought to be (I think), and can only say NO.

OK, you can get rid of me now...