Lexicon of Politics: Day 60

Won't be gone for long. I've caught:

Potomac Fever n. a passion to be involved in politics, esp. nationally.

2002 Washington Post (Aug. 1) A27:
It is supposedly something of a disease or a compulsion, a variant of the oft-debilitating Potomac Fever in which the victim seeks the nation's highest office over and over again or simply cannot stay away from government service.
oxford dictionary of american political slang