Wartburg students are waiting to see who the next democratic presidential candidate will be.

After four months of primaries and caucuses, only 142 delegates separate Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for the nomination.

Karla Tweeten said the decision is taking too long. She said because Obama and Clinton are both minorities, people might have a tough time deciding on who will be the better president.

“I think they’re both really good candidates, and I guess I think McCain has good views, too. I’m not a Republican, though,” Tweeten said.

However, Jeff Stein, assistant professor of communication arts and a political analyst, said it only seems the process for selecting a candidate is taking too long because people wanted a decision in February.

“Historically campaigns did not even start until the spring and then went through the summer and then led up to the convention,” Stein said.

Other students like John Robbins, who follows the democratic debates, said the election process is not long at all.

“Unlike the past elections, this has been a more civil debate on both sides even though it does seem pretty bad,” Robbins said. “I think it was much more personal with say Bush versus McCain in 2000.”