Every election is about "the future," to the point that candidates intoning about their "vision" for America is little more than a cliché of electoral politics. So what should the 2008 presidential election be "about"? Should it be about the candidates' biographies, their records of achievement, their character? Should it be about the failures, real and imagined, of the Bush administration? Should it be about the economy? How about the war?

American greatness is predicated on American ingenuity and a long history of self-sufficiency. We have a knack for adopting, adapting and innovating. But nothing lasts forever, certainly nothing that's neglected. As Stephen Flynn argues in the latest issue of Foreign Affairs, America's "reservoir of self-suffiency is being depleted."

Katrina's graffiti tell a story of fear, frustration and anger.

 Beside the officials one from the various government agencies, most of them are individual expression of despair or paranoia.

The incompetent management of the aftermath of Katrina could reshape the political map of the South ( Specially the Gulf Coast).

 It is likely that the GOP will pay a dear price for the fiasco if the Democrats keep Katrina in voter's mind during the 2008 elections cycle.

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Senator Edwards was right all along in his depiction of the two Americas.

 And thanks to the Bush Administration the gap between the "Have" and the "Have not" has reach an obscene level.

To see photos of Homeless people and an extensive photo essay about New-Orleans post Katrina go to my web site at  http://www.digitalrailroad.net/Mercier