Ann Arbor.com editor Tony Dearing puts this rhetorical question to the readers of his blog post cum editorial today. The comments ought to be lively; or at least more interesting than usual and but for Ann Arbor.com's draconian comment censorship policy they would be downright fascinating; or at least fun to read.
This is an especially interesting question Dearing asks in that as a solidly Democrat dominated one-party town these primaries are the election. The Democrat who wins the primary easily blows over the token opposition put up by the enfeebled Republicans or the occasional odd-ball independent or write-in candidate in the November general election and then, that's that for the next two years.