A regular visitor The Reluctant Optimist is having some serious "post-Barry" blues, but point us in the direction of Michael Stipe's R.E.M. and Losing My Religion.

He says:

My religion of politics that is. I haven’t watched
the news since Tuesday night and don’t plan on
it any time soon. I am burnt out. Wasted.
Bled-out on the alter of the political. My wrists
cut to the bone in sacrifice for a good that
did not come to pass. 

Wait for the "wheels to come off". There are testing times ahead. Will "the one" without experience cope?

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