Many Democrats complain about the way the battle between Hillary Clinton and Barrak Obama is hurting the party. Meanwhile, Republicans enjoy watching the two leading Democratic candidates for president fight it out. Talking heads on all sides asked what is this fight doing to the Democratic Party. One thing I have not heard people ask is what is this doing to America.

So I’ll ask the question. Is this primary battle good for America? I think I’ve come up with the answer. If I asked you a year ago what a super delegate was, your answer would probably be a superhero. If I asked you how the Democratic primary process work, you have no idea. Now, with this primary battle in full swing, Americans have no choice but to learn about our democratic process. I can’t help but notice how people who were once oblivious to the political process are finally starting to get involved. People are starting to learn about what it is that drives our democratic process. And in some cases we are liking what we see, and in other cases we are not liking it at all. But either way the influx of information can only do good for the process and bring positive change.

One thing I’ve heard from some registered Democrats is how the Democratic party primary process favors political insiders. Yet father registered Democrats defend the super delegate process saying that it allows a buffer between the people and the nominee. There are questions that must be raised. What will happen if one candidate wins the popular vote but loses the delegate count? Will there be a long drawnout legal battle equal to that during the 2000 presidential elections?

Unlike the 2004 elections, there are no incumbents with long records of achievements or failures. Although all three candidates are senators, none of them have been president before. None of them filled an executive role before. And only one of them, John McCain, has ever served in the military. It is interesting to see how three relative novices in comparison to the enormous task of the presidency, will prove to the American people that they are the least among the inexperienced. Because in the end that is what it comes down to. We more often have to choose the least among the inexperienced.