Many of us got involved with politics for the Kerry campaign for the first time in years. We obviously need to get the country organized during the next four years from the precincts on up. The way to do that is through local campaigns, local issues and national issues. We need people to feel comfortable again with grass-roots politicking. Thoreau said, "Cast your whole vote, not a strip of paper merely, but your whole influence." We need to learn this again.