I live in PA, and I sure wish they'd move up our primary. We are one of the dead last states that gets to vote, and the elections are just about always already decided by the time we get to the polls, so its like there's no point in even voting.

“In principle, this process should be drawn out a lot longer so people have a better chance to examine the candidates.”
Is he kidding? Maybe he's just frustrated with how many more votes in the Senate he'll miss while campaigning for the next 1.5 years given his track record so far.

Even with 10 running in each party, if voters can't figure out by February what each candidate in their party stands for and who they most relate to, they shouldn't bother to vote. This election cycle started so ridiculously early, mostly from everyone's desire to get past the George W. Bush years as quickly as possible, that we're still getting the same amount of time to examine candidates as we would have in the 80s and 90s when primaries were held as late as April or May. Even if they hadn't officially announced yet, we knew who half of the candidates were back in mid-2006.