Following the successful launch of her London-based Hinton Foundation, American climatologist Dr. Tracie Hinton launched a campaign for the presidential nomination. A wave of national discontent over the continued failure of American leadership to preserve the health of planet Earth, Hinton, and her party – ACTION 2100 – captured the presidency in November 2052 and swept into the White House in January 2053. The complete surprise and scope of Hinton’s victory stuns the political establishment and portends the likelihood of a permanent shift in American attitudes and political preferences. The two major political parties seek a temporary and unlikely alliance to preserve their historical primacy.