For those that care about every little delegate counted. In a way, it reminds me of celeb gossip blogs that watch for every time Britney drives drunk or every time Angelina whisks away another child from Africa.

Seriously, it's like Al Franken said several years back - the process will become a horse race. Interspersed between delegate counts, percentage points and opinion polls we get the Rev. Wright "scandal" and Clinton "dodging sniper fire". The sad thing is that, despite knowing all of this, I find myself caught up in it. Why? Because it's entertainment. The whole thing somehow taps into our brains the same way professional wrestling and reality television does. As Danny Elfman (of both Tim Burton and Oingo Boingo fame) once put it:

"Here we go watching CNN,
the adrenaline rushes through my veins.
Don't you know it's a feel good show,
electronic bliss.
It's a video, video..."


The reason I *do* pay attention is because there's a lot at stake with this election. Sadly, I believe the Democrats (as well as politics in general), sooner or later, will suffer from overexposure. Hell, I'm suffering from overexposure. I mean, I'd love to bury my head in the sand until the convention comes around. Staple blinders and ear muffs to my head. Lock me in a sensory deprivation tank and shoot me full of tranquilizers. I just don't want to care any more. And I'm afraid everyone else will, eventually, feel the same way. When the good television ends and actual debates headed by real moderators are televised, will anyone be watching?