[Michael Murphy]

I'm a registered independent, since no political party particularly appeals to me. I consider myself to be a moderate with a tendancy to leap to the extremes in certain cases (i.e. affirmative action, excessive political correctness, death penalty).

I have no real opinion on abortion, since it wouldn't really be any of my business unless I were the prospective father.

On a side note:
Massachusetts is in the middle of its gubernatorial elections, which have turned very ugly. I know the majority of the attack ads have come from interested third parties, but I find myself wondering why neither Mitt Romney or Shannon O'Brien, or for that matter, any candidate I've ever seen, hasn't spoken out agains them.

Attack ads serve no positive purpose, as their only result seems to be to turn people off of both candidates, causing a dropoff in voter attendance. I mean, why would you want to vote for someone when the majority of what you've seen and heard about them has been negative? And third-party and independant candidates don't usually get enough exposure to really have a chance at winning major elections.

I think that's all for now.