So many things to worry about; getting stuck in the middle of the Shirleys during a blizzard at night, no signal, no help. I worry whether my boys will find work in the state, wonder if they’ll choose to stay…of my many frets, I do not worry about sharing a bathroom or a community with someone who does not look like me, someone who, by the way, is made in the image of God.

Raising political candidates is like having children. Our state loves and nurtures them.  We see the promise in them.  We grow and support them and happily send them out to the big wide world to represent us. Once launched, we hope to produce someone to which the rest of the country aspires so that we can boast ‘look what noble statesmen we produced, this visionary, one with a keen intellect who sees beyond the gloomy horizon. You’re welcome. 

But we do not live in times of statesmanship and Senator Lummis is not that.