We had the chance to talk to former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell about primary season that is much too long, and whether or not America is getting the “debate it deserves.”

Mitt Romney was last night’s winner is Arizona and Michigan — and (by default) it was nothing short of a blowout in Arizona where it’s “winner takes all,” with Romney beating Rick Santorum by 20 percentage points.  As you probably know by now, Romney also carried Michigan, narrowly beating Santorum 41% to 38%.

Here’s what’s interesting about Michigan — that state awards its delegates by congressional district.  Santorum might have won the most countries, but Romney won the areas with the largest populations.  That means more congressional districts, and more delegates.  Romney won the popular vote, but had to split the delegates with Santorum.

Mitt Romney was last night’s winner is Arizona and Michigan — and (by default) it was nothing short of a blowout in Arizona where it’s “winner takes all,” with Romney beating Rick Santorum by 20 percentage points.  As you probably know by now, Romney also carried Michigan, narrowly beating Santorum 41% to 38%.

Here’s what’s interesting about Michigan — that state awards its delegates by congressional district.  Santorum might have won the most countries, but Romney won the areas with the largest populations.  That means more congressional districts, and more delegates.  Romney won the popular vote, but had to split the delegates with Santorum.

Proponents say it’s a better representation of what the voters want, but critics say this distribution of delegates (a little for you, a few more for you) is why this primary fight keeps dragging on with no end in sight.

Tired yet?  There’s more complication to this whole thing.

At this point, with Romney ahead in the delegate count, Gallup’s national polling has his odds of securing the nomination at 83%.  But with states like Michigan opting to not operate under the winner-takes-all model, we could easily be waiting until April or May when Romney’s delegate lead is wide enough to pressure the other candidates out!

How much damage is the Republican party doing to itself with the extended duration of these debates?  And are the actual debates we’re watching terrible debates?   (We vote yes.)

– Meg Robertson is a digital producer for DylanRatigan.com.  Say hi to her on Twitter @MegRobertson.