It drives me batty you wouldn't believe. Pretty much about the only person IRL that I can carry on a political conversation without having to deal with those questions is my father (he is the one who got me interested in politics and whatnot). I really need to find some more well informed friends or try to convince them for the 100th time that they really should try and be informed.

I grew up with very Dem parents and eventually started to lean towards the right but really find myself in the middle. I have some democratic views but also some conservative beliefs as well. My dad always taught me that you need to look at what the person stands for because it's the person that we are voting for.

I can't tell you how much I respect that. Most people don't take the time to do that... they vote for say... Obama because Oprah is endorsing him or what have you. It makes me sad that more people don't take our system of government very seriously. That drives me very more batty. Years ago I was working at a different law firm and Mark Dayton was running for office and someone told me she was going to vote for him becuase she liked his name and his family owned the Dayton's Department Stores. My god it took all my self control to just not go off on her.

....it's been nice chatting with you about it. I rarely get to talk to people about politics