I'm noticing a certain waning in my interest in the election news. There was a time--not many weeks ago--when a fair amount of my free time was spent reading the latest "news" from the campaign trail. I found this site,
Electicker 2008, which aggregates RSS feeds from a very broad range of political and non-political sources that contain campaign news, and I'd scour it, consume it, come here and post links, debate it.... Lots of energy.
In the last couple weeks, it's all turned into soap opera for me. The he-said-she-said of it just is wearing me down, and I'm having a hard time keeping up the energy to tune into the drama of the current news cycle. I'm also noticing a certain slowing of posts here in Tilted Politics (although that may be just taking a deep breath after the last couple weeks).
Is this happening to anyone else? And, any theory about why? Is it the protracted nature of the campaign for the Democratic nomination--how damn early it started and how it's not sewn up by now? Is it the amount of time that's passed since the last primary? Is it just human nature?
If this is more than a "ratbastid phenomenon", do you think it is a bad omen for turnout and participation? You think the populace at large is getting burned out too? Or do you think it's just me?