An efficient means of n naming and organizing Groups in the address book

Hello,
First, I hope you are having a nice day. If not, I hope it gets better soon!
Next, I would like to provide the following before explaining:
Here is an article regarding a novel means of uploading pictures with descriptions from a Mac to Flickr without a "third party" application.
A novel way to upload photos from a Mac, with a complete description, to Flickr [http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978195922].
A very simple example:
Possible list of names in the "Groups" section:
National Politicians
California Politicians
Texas Politicians
Colorado Politicians
In the address book, the above would be organized in the following order with "N" names between. "N" is the other alphabetical names:
California Politicians
<N>
Colorado Politicians
<N>
National Politicians
<N>
Texas Politicians.
*Greater Efficiency*
In my opinion, the following is more efficient means of naming and organizing the address book:
Politicians.National
Politicians.California
Politicians.Texas
Politicians.Colorado
As long as the spelling of the first description and period are included, the latter will be organized as follows with "n" "group names" where "group name" is the "Politicians." group with a "name" between:
Politicians.California
<n>
Politicians.Colorado
<n>
Politicians.National
<n>
Politicians.Texas
If the above four are the only names in the "Politician." "group name", the list would be organized as follows:
<N>
Politicians.California
Politicians.Colorado
Politicians.National
Politicians.Texas
<N>
* The Colon and Problem with "linking" in Mail*
As a side note, I have noticed some Library of Congress links do not "link" in Mail. As an example, I recently noticed that I could not "link" the following "URL" because there was a ":" at the end. If the ":" is not present, the URL will lead to a different page. I will be contacting Apple technical support and report this problem, but, I have figured out a way to circumvent this problem. I explain below.
+Link with colon and then a colon and zero+
• Library of Congress: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:S.2925:
If you paste the above link into the Mail message body and select "Edit" » "Link" » "Add" and "Paste" the link into the text box, the "Add" button will not be triggered. If the ":" is removed, the "Add" button will be triggered and highlighted. Sadly, the link will be incorrect.
Circumvention
In the above case, the solution is quite simple. Just add a zero, "0", after the colon, ":" , as such.
• Library of Congress link with a zero: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:S.2925:0
The above link works and Mac's Mail "Add" feature will add a properly working link to the message body.
By the way, please ask your Congressional Representatives to support the above bill!
Have a nice day! By the way, I am a Chemical Engineer in search of employment! :•)

So how the Addressbook's Group List would look after syncing with the Soho Organizer's Contacts Subgroups organization? If Address book don't have that ability of Subgrouping.
I have been researching after a while now every single possible way without a luck. Please let me know if you find a solution.
Here are a are a couple of interesting apps that are taking contacts organization more seriouslly. But still dont have the answer for it.
5degrees.
http://www.5degrees.us,
$9.99 a month
Desktop and iphone.
Bento
Great for customizing the contacts template.
Also an iphone app.
http://www.filemaker.com/products/bento/
My favorite would be Cobook Contacts since they also have the iphone app. Very clean design.
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/41822/cobook
http://www.cobookapp.com
But still, none of this have the Subgroup organizing feature.
Please let me know if toy find a solution.

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