Is it still good?
Republican Sen. John McCain has erased Sen. Barack Obama’s 10-point advantage in a head-to-head matchup, leaving him essentially tied with both Democratic candidates in an Associated Press-Ipsos national poll released Thursday.
The survey showed the extended Democratic primary campaign creating divisions among supporters of Obama and rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and suggests a tight race for the presidency in November no matter which Democrat becomes the nominee.
Is this continuing primary battle still good for democracy? Let’s just weigh the impacts: a long primary is good for the democratic process (sounds good); but a long election might help McCain win, which is very, very bad for democracy (sounds more important than the primary, to me).
