What the primaries have helped do for democracy

As sick as we are of this protracted contest, there is one huge positive:

Voter excitement, always up before a presidential election, is pushingregistration through the roof so far this year — with more than 3.5million people rushing to join in the historic balloting, according toan Associated Press survey that offers the first national snapshot.

Figures are up for blacks, women and young people. Rural and city. South and North.

Overall, the AP found that nearly one in 65 adult Americans signedup to vote in just the first three months of the year. And in the 21states that were able to provide comparable data, new registrationshave soared about 64 percent from the same three months in the 2004campaign.

There's definitely nothing wrong with that. 

Now, let's end this thing and face McCain.