With just one primary contest remaining before the Democratic presidential hopefuls head into a heated summer battle -- at the end of which Barrack Obama will be named the party's nominee -- we have a decision from the DNC. Apparently, Florida and Michigan were only half-naughty when they moved their own primary contests up to take place before "Super Tuesday."

At this point, if you readers are anything like me, you're getting a little weary of this whole drawn-out selection process. Had I been at that meeting, I would have advised the the DNC to exact a heftier punishment on the two wayward states, if for no other reason than they're adding more drama to what I think should be a cut-and-dried process.

Why our system requires these two senators to effectively stop doing their job for more than a year, while still on the tax payer's doll is beyond me. We need to find a system that allows party members to select a nominee without the years-long campaigning, the millions spent, and the prolonged absences of two of 100 senators. Think about it: if you missed as much time from your job as Clinton and Obama have missed from theirs, wouldn't you find that pink slip in your mailbox pretty soon? Especially if the reason for your absences was that you were seeking another job?

Let's get it over with already.