Primary Problems

Regarding the Republican primaries, reader Larry King states "if this is a close race through February, then there will be a complete overhaul of the state primary calendar before 2012. Of course, such an overhaul has been talked about for many years -- but I predict it will really happen if the Republican race isn't essentially over after Super Tuesday."

The parties always talk about changing the system, especially when they lose the general election. (It's never the party, it's the system.) They certainly tweak it on a regular basis. To me a more interesting question is if the Democrats have a close race, will all those superdelegates (who make up about 20% of the voters at the convention) seem, well, undemocratic? They're Dem leaders placed there to make sure the party doesn't go off the rails, but if they actually get to decide who becomes the candidate, rather than "the people," I'd imagine there'd be outrage.