“Our long national nightmare is over,” said President Ford, as President Nixon stepped down. Elsewhere in Washington a young lawyer, who had advocated denying President Nixon legal counsel, was happy to have been involved in the demise of the Republican President.

Thus began the career of Hillary Clinton.

If polls are to be believed, Hillary Clinton’s quest, or anointment, to be the Democrat nominee and perhaps President appears to be in serious jeopardy. While running against her in November holds a certain appeal for Republicans, her defeat, whether at the hands of her own party, or at the hands of the Republican party, is good for America and freedom loving people everywhere.

As one of three remaining House members who managed the impeachment of her husband, I know Hillary better than most. I also know, first hand, what the Clinton Machine looks like, and it isn’t pretty.

I shudder to think of Hillary Clinton in charge of the Department of Health and Human Services. Imagine, to use Hillary’s own words to General Petraeus, the “willful suspension of disbelief” requisite to believe that universal, government run health care would be a good idea? Imagine combining Hillary Clinton’s ambition with Nancy Pelosi’s belief in the glory of government and Harry Reid’s backroom machinations.

As commentator and former Clinton consultant Dick Morris points out, even more frightening is Hillary in charge of the FBI and the CIA. It has been a delicate balancing act to preserve privacy and individual rights in the years since 9/11 under a Republican Administration. Consider the Big Brother government that would evolve under the control of such a committed Statist.

I am not gloating over the apparent demise of the Clinton campaign. Even with Hillary defeated, the machine and her allies in Congress will continue their fight. And who knows what an Obama Administration would do to individual freedom?

As conservatives, we share a healthy distrust of government, a belief in the rule of law, and a knowledge that our rights come from the Almighty, not from government.

Now, more than ever, with Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid in Congress, and the “choice” between Clinton and Obama, we must remain steadfast. Having taken on Hillary and Bill Clinton in my first term in Congress, I know how important this battle is – and what the price of failure will be. Hillary and friends would like nothing more than to see defeated the few of us left who know how to effectively oppose them. Let us not give them that satisfaction or that opportunity.