It's just like an old western with a train gaining speed as it heads down a narrow stretch of track. And, just as the train reaches the point where it can't possibly stop in time, we're told the bridge ahead is out.

This is where the democratic primary is heading. Thanks to Paul Kane at the Washington Post, we have some numbers for the context of this argument.

"There are 3,253 pledged delegates, those doled out based on actual voting in primaries and caucuses. And you need 2,025 to win the nomination. To date, about 55% of those 3,253 delegates have been pledged in the voting process -- with Clinton and Obama roughly splitting them at about 900 delegates a piece. That means there are now only about 1,400 delegates left up for grabs in the remaining states and territories voting.

So, do the math. If they both have about 900 pledged delegates so far, they need to win more than 1,100 of the remaining 1,400 delegates to win the nomination through actual voting. Ain't gonna happen, barring a stunning scandal or some new crazy revelation. So, they'll keep fighting this thing out, each accumulating their chunk of delegates, one of them holding a slight edge and both finishing the voting process with 1,600 or so delegates. "

The democratic party created this nightmare as a way of avoiding this nightmare. So far so good huh? Not really.

Once again, our political system has found a way to remove the power of the every day voter in determining who are elected officials are, just as the electoral college does in the general election. Super delegates! What an atrocity. Last I checked I am as much a citizen of the US as any "high ranking" democrat. Why should my vote count as one and Bill Clinton's (or any other super delegate, he's just one that comes to mind) be representative of tens of thousands of people?

The mixed outcome, is that the new system is failing so hopefully it will be changed or nixed. In the meantime, however, the most important election in my lifetime may very well be lost due to this bumbling.