CNN-ema

Hi. I am Joan Garry and I am a news addict. In the months and weeks leading up to Election Day, I couldn't help myself.

CNN, realclearpolitics.com, five-thirty-eight.com. I didn't just check in at these sites. It got to the point where I would become furious at the lack of new content even though I'd last visited a mere ten minutes before. And it wasn't just me. Eileen became an addict, too. "Joan, I think Ohio just went from dark blue to light blue!" she would say with panic in her voice. "No honey, it was like that yesterday," I'd respond, working to quell my own anxiety about the color of Ohio.

Maybe it was just better than keeping an eye on the Dow. Maybe as a fierce Obama supporter and fundraiser, I felt I had a real and personal stake. Whatever the case, I simply couldn't stop myself.

With Election Day behind us and a victory secured for our candidate, I breathed a sigh of relief. I could go back to life as I knew it. But I'll be honest. It hasn't been easy.

Was the motorcade that left the Obama office garage in Chicago really carrying Hillary? How did the visit at Georgetown Day go for Malia and Sasha? Did Joe Biden's new Chief of Staff graduate magna or summa cum laude from college?

I was beginning to see myself being drawn back in until something stopped me. Someone stopped me. The Governor of Alaska. No, I take that back. It was Wolf Blitzer. And Keith Olberman. And Rachael Maddow. My dealers.

But I won't have it. I will not listen to Wolf Blitzer -- with or without holograms -- talk about Palin's prospects for 2012 for another minute. I don't want him talking about 2012 at all and I sure don't want him to say "Palin" and "2012" in the same sentence.

I've had enough. So thank you Wolf. You helped me get it out of my system. My friend David calls it a CNN-ema.