Do we need a two-year presidential race?

The short answer is NO. Absolutely not.

The long answer: we don't and here's why.

1) Too much money spent on the race. Look at the millions that have been raised and will be spent by the candidates on both sides. Should it take that much to run for president? No, it shouldn't, but the current length of the campaign ensures that only mega-bucks will keep someone in for long. Though there are exceptions. Ask Mike Huckabee.

2) Burnout. Candidates get tired, people get tired of them... we have presidential fatigue before the candidate is even elected.

3) Way too much focus on the future occupant of the White House instead of on the here and now. That ought to be self-explanatory. Everybody's looking for "the next fix" instead of dealing with issues and the leaders that we have at the moment.

4) It feels as if we're stuck in a constant election cycle. We finish one election, and we're already looking ahead to who will win the next one. No one's ever content to sit and work.

I'm sure there are plenty of other reasons, but I'll stop there for now. I think there should be no campaigning until the actual year of the election, and no primaries should be held before May or June of the election year.