Okay, I'm a Slacker ...

Once, I vowed never to be the kind of guy who posts blogs to explain why he doesn't post blogs. I lied. Or I overestimated. In any event, I've become, "one of those guys."

I have some excuses, though ... First, it's August. As you know, politics in DC comes to a crawl in August -- particularly the kind of politics we talk about here (which is heavy on tactics and light on policy). So there hasn't been a lot of material.

Second, I've undertaken a new and fairly large project of working in the corporate world. No longer am I just a political guy. Now, I wear cuff-links ...

Third, I've been doing a lot of writing for Campaigns & Elections Magazine, Human Events and Personal Democracy Forum ... Not that that's an excuse.

Lastly, this is the time of year when you don't have an intern. Sure, August is great for sports enthusiasts (baseball and football talk!) -- but it's heck for those of us who are overly-reliant on interns. Just look at the last several weeks of posts and you'll see this blog should've been "Nancy Madsen and the News." Why did she abandon us for Wheaton??? Why???

So for all these reasons, the blog has been sub-par for about a week.

Oh yeah, I also have had Outlook problems. This has prevented me from sending out my campaign tips in a timely fashion. I just know there's some candidate out there who is about to get "off message" -- and it's all my fault!

In general, I've had about as good an August as Bush has. The thing is, he gets to clear brush and ride bikes with Lance Armstrong, while I'm stuck in DC trying to fix Outlook -- and hoping against hope the Nat's can win their division against the Braves. At least the weather has cooled off.