Boom? or Boomlet?

So the Post has these two headlines under Campaign Diary:

• Talk Turns to Huckaboom II
• Huckabee Wins All 18 W.Va. Delegates | Results

Um.

Eighteen delegates?

This is a boom?

I really, really hate the way the media has been covering these primaries. After two states people started dropping out ... and the top three Democrats had 25, 24, and 23 delegates. Out of 2025 needed to win the nomination. Barely one percent. A third state, and they had 49, 37, and 31. And number three dropped out. The Republicans are almost as bad; after two states they were at 31 - 11 - 7, and after three 31 - 16 - 26, with people dropping out. This is ridiculous. The entire primary system is flawed. Most people will not be able to vote for their preferred candidate (or will vote for him as a protest). Essentially, three (two, really) states with tiny numbers of delegates have been allowed to winnow the field.

It needs to be changed. All the primaries should be held on the same day. Screw the traditions that may have served a different era.

But even worse is the way the media plays the whole thing. Clinton and Obama left New Hampshire with 9 delegates each, so how is it one "won" and the other "lost"? Why the declaration of some candidates as totally failed and ineligible to even participate in debates - where they were thoroughly marginalized by the media moderators when the were there - when more than 98% of the country hadn't had a chance to cast even a caucus vote yet?

Who decides?

I would dearly love to see John Edwards (more realistic hope than my true secret wish) keep getting votes and show up at the convention as a major player. Maybe even the nominee. Hey. It could happen.