Briefly: Politics

When looking at the things that each of the major political parties stand for, it amazes me that there are people who are in the middle of the road regarding the parties' views. The two parties core beliefs are almost perfectly out of phase -- that is, they almost perfectly contradict each other. The Democratic Party has very liberal views while the Republican Party has very conservative views. Though I have no data, it seems to me that these few-and-far-between people who are politically in the middle of the road are the people who decide the results of an election.

I happen to know at least one of these middle-of-the-road people, and, at least for this election cycle, we're both rooting for the same candidate. I will leave the issue of my personal political positions for another post as I am writing this between classes and am operating on very little sleep. (For the same reason, this post may not be as coherent as I would like it to be.)