I've been asked by many people my current position about the US politics. Furthermore, I've been asked whether I support Obama or Clinton (for some reason nobody thinks I can be for McCain... :P). I generally see and hear very superficial arguments and sadly very label-oriented, eventually everything goes down to race, sex, blind political orientation without a real sense of the facts. Democrats are X, Republicans Y, women Z and so on, and the only thing to support their thesis is their personal experience or even their general inclination. No real reasoning takes place, there is no research, global data taken into account. Leave away the moral issues, forget about personal integrity. There are, however, some who really think for themselves and who present their view with intelligence and coherence throughout their career. One of these people is Lawrence Lessig.