Am I the only one...

who is lovin' this?

I love the tit for tat fundraising.

I love the delegate analyses coming from both camps.

I love the super-delegate and MI/FL analyses.

I love the spin.

I love the passion coming from both camps.

I love that Hillary is going "all in".  (People might have forgot that when Hillary announced her candidacy she said those exact words... "I'm all in".)

I love the horserace!

Yes, I love all of this and more.  But mostly I love that from now until the Democratic Convention people of America will be discussing progressive/liberal values.  I admit, despite the fact that I never fully backed him, I was a little bummed when John Edwards left the race because he spoke most passionately to liberal and progressive politics.  But today I see that he has left his imprint on this race.

There's no hard turn to the center going on today.  We have 2 good candidates still fighting it out on the left.  John McCain and conservatism and rightside politics will go dark during this national political conversation for the next 6 months.  How great is that!

Democratic politics will suck 95% of the oxygen from the political news scene.  And where there's oxygen, and a spark, we have a fire.  Fire from Obama.  Fire from Hillary.

C'mon Obama, don't duck debates.  Let's have more dialogue about this country's direction, not less!

It's funny.  I read a lot of blogs but I don't see any major bloggers truly enjoying this.  Why?  Perhaps they secretly are having a good time but they're not expressing their joy in their writing.  Andrew Sullivan is having some fun with it, but he's a conservative!

Perhaps bloggers are a little burnt out or overwhelmed by what is happening.  Perhaps they're down a little too deep amongst the trees.  Everyone should grab some caffeine, take a look at what's ahead, and continue to marvel at a truly unique happening.

Personally I am just thrilled.  I go vote in a caucus on Saturday.  I have friends calling me up and asking about how they participate in a caucus, because they never have before.  They know their vote means something.  And they know that's worth 2 or 3 hours of time on a Saturday.  How cool is that!  More people getting involved.  These Primary contests never last past Super Tuesday.  Never!  And here we are...

debating policies,

debating campaign tactics,

debating progressive politics,

debating the character of our candidates,

and for some, trying to figure out where the caucus site is.

I am for Obama, but I want Hillary (and Bill) to hit him with everything they got.  Everything!  I want Obama battle tested and with the scars to prove it.  I want this Primary battle to go to the end.  I want Montana's primary in June to mean something.

We'll have plenty of time for unification.  We'll have plenty of time to come together.  The dividends of 6 months more of liberal values talk will easily counterbalance any divisiveness.

So join me in my enjoyment of this thing we call Democracy.  It's kind of a bad, messy form of choosing one's leaders, but history has yet to come up with a better alternative.