I keep hearing the pundits saying, "This drawn out process is hurting the Democrats".
Is that right? Really?
Maybe I am just dense, but I don't see this hurting the Democrats at all. As long as the primary contest continues, all the attention is on the two Democratic candidates.
John McCain is walking around spouting off in incoherent rambles about staying in Iraq for 1000 years, mistaking Sunni for Shiite, and conflating Al Qaeda with Iraqi guerrillas trained in Iran, and nobody seems to notice.
A certain part of this can be credited to McCain's media-darlingship, but the real reason is because he is invisible. That won't last, of course. As soon as the dems settle their nomination, the whole focus will turn on a dime, and the video of McCain's gaffes will still be available to be recycled on news shows and in 527 ads, regardless of who the is the Democratic Nominee. As much as he attempts to disassociate himself from George Bush, it is really not possible for him to do that. He will never be the President.
Nobody really cares about McCain right now because the Democrats are running wild!! It is a wonderful spectacle, and it is being thoroughly enjoyed by everyone except the Obama crowd.
To be fair to the Obamamites, it must be disconcerting to discover that their hero is really just a politician, like everyone else in the race. The prolonged selection process has been wearing on Barack's veneer, but in my opinion, Hillary has been doing her job, and a big favor to her opponent. Furthermore, both candidates know that and accept it. If Obama does become the Nominee, he will be a much stronger candidate then he would have been if the nomination contest had ended after Super Tuesday.