After reading this book, I know why she needs to stay in office. Her story is about somebody who chose not to sit passively while the political power structure of Georgia and of the rest of the country maintained the status quo.

She chose to get in the game and improve the system that makes the rules with its own rules. Her story offers a unique perspective--the one from the inside.

She describes in vivid detail what it feels like to have the mandate of the people but face blatant discrimination, if not harassment, from those who are her political peers.

What I took away from this book is a real understanding of why each individual must actively engage in the American democratic system and why, most importantly, each individual can bring about tangible change through "The Power of One."

Vaclav Havel has been called "the greatest moral thinker of our time" and "a sort of EuroGhandi." While most noted as a playwright, Havel's most important works have been of prose; essays such as "Power of the Powerless" and his "Open Letter to Gustav Husak" allowed his nation to retain hope under brutal conditions. Now, Havel's greatest essays, from the early sixties to his "New Year's Address" after his 1989 election to the presidency, have been collected in a volume that will, unlike most political texts, make you think as well as feel.

The most impressive of Havel's essays would have to be "Power of the Powerless" which was written in only a few days during the mid-1970's at the urging of a Polish dissident. It stresses that, when a government holds its citizens actions, words and even minds at bay, that gives the citizens a power that the government can only dream of; the power of truth. This idea of truth, which is contained in one form or another in all of Havel's writings, serves as the very basis of his political thought, which outlines man's current journey towards moral politics. A thought-provoking and deeply illuminating book