Political Junkie Withdrawal Symptoms

Looking around at the other blogs (and this one), it's clear that we've hit the dog days of summer as far as political news goes. It's also clear people are a bit burned out after the election.

Of course, this is nice for a change. Considering, in the last year and a half, we've had:

-A federal election
-8 provincial elections
-4 leadership conventions, including one to select a new Prime Minister
-A merger of two parties

You likely need to go back to '79-'80 to find a stretch like this where it's been this interesting to be a political junkie. And now, we rest.

Well, not really. There's a provincial election here in Alberta this fall (as well as a municipal one), a health conference in September, and, of course, with a minority government, who knows what's around the corner federally.

But getting two months off in the summer is nice.