I give the Democrat party credit for, in some ways, trying to make sure that the voters in the primary really have their voices proportionally heard.  Their primaries this season, where the delegates are distributed proportionally seems like a good idea on the surface, but...

You know the say the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and it seems that the Democrat intentions here have caused themselves, or will cause themselves, a host of fun as the primary season keeps rolling along with no clear winner and what could be deep divisions within the party ranks when one of the candidates must be chosen not by the voters in the individual states by by the delegates and super delegates that will go to the convention and chatter and cajole each other to vote for the candidate that will eventually become the party nominee.

Winner take all seems so wrong, yet it is so simple.  With winner take all the primary season would now be finished, Obama would be raising hundreds of millions of dollars toward the general campaign and McCain would be quaking in his boots at the idea of having to do the same thing and showing himself to be a complete hypocrite when it comes to election reform.

Instead 'the bitch' lives to fight on another day thanks to 'wins' in Ohio and Texas.  Wins that might not really be wins thanks to the way delegates are distributed.  She could win every state that is left and still not get enough delegates to win the nomination and again, as she does keep going it sets up for what could be a very bitter fight.

While I was wrong in an earlier prognostication about Obama possibly winning Ohio (which still surprises me, but I guess the residents of that state aren't as predictable as I thought...) and also wrong in just how close Obama made things in Texas (again, surprises me a bit),  I don't think I'm wrong about this:

Race could come back to play an ugly role in this campaign for the Democrats.

If Obama doesn't win the nomination if he has a delegate lead going into the convention there will be a potential for serious damage within the party as a voting block that was long taken for granted and taken advantage of sees their man cast aside.  Sure, he might get a bone in the form of vice presidential nomination, but would that be enough to calm the voters that would feel they are not getting what they could rightfully claimed they are due?

As someone that normally leans right in elections, I have to say I find the whole situation in the Democrat party highly entertaining.  Whether or not it'll have a happy ending for Democrats remains to be seen, but it should be interesting to watch as it all unfolds.