Originally Posted by Rick Mercer

So here we are, it's Super Tuesday. The most important day in the U.S. primaries as both political parties try to figure out who they're gonna try to send to the White House. And I'm loving it; despite the fact that, in all honesty, I have no idea how it really works.

I know, it's democracy in action – but to me, it might as well be Chinese algebra. And yes, I admit, it bugs the hell out of me that the Americans have this system of choosing a leader that, according to CNN everyone understands and I just don't get. Personally, I'm much more comfortable just assuming they're the stunned ones.

But I do know this. From a show business perspective they've got us beat. For starters, they know how to spend the big money. Rudy Giuliani spent 50 million dollars getting his ass kicked just in the state of Florida. That's twice as much money as any Canadian party is going to spend in the next federal election.

And it's not just the big money that makes it exciting. They work these candidates like Torbay ponies. They're exhausted. Cripes, there's a national debate on CNN every three hours. Half the fun is flicking on Lou Dobbs every evening to see the bags under Hillary Clinton's eyes get bigger.

And speaking of Hillary, when it comes to casting, we can't touch them. Here we are, we think of ourselves as this progressive, diverse nation and yet there's big bad backwards America and who's running for the big job? A woman, a black man, a Libertarian, a Mormon with big hair, and some dude who was in a bamboo cage in Vietnam for five-and-a-half years. Meanwhile in Canada, we're gearing up for yet another race between a pudgy white guy and a skinny white guy and some other white guy. Which may go a long way to explain the other big difference between Canada and USA politics these days: in America in this race, young people are engaged. In Canada – they're choosing none of the above.