Politics is addictive, as you can see if you hang out at the elections board on any election night. A half dozen or more addicts will be there, getting their fix of the excitement and stress as the returns dribble in. Sometimes, a reporter or editorial writer can pick up a few tidbits of insider information from the candidates and campaign workers who hang out. Hours of waiting lead to conversations on a variety of subjects, not all of them related to the current election. I missed out on those conversations and good-natured ribbing this year, but I knew from experience that the returns would be late, and I allowed myself the luxury of closely following the national returns on television and the Internet.
I might not have been part of reporting this year's election, but I was part of the process. I voted. I followed the campaigns. I even wrote about them in this forum. My political addiction won't go away easily.
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