Exactly.
I go through stages too; I'm sure we all do. Life intervenes or interests lie elsewhere. There's sometimes nothing particularly interesting in the news, etc.
But when something like this happens, I'll be here a LOT until we see how this shakes out. And I'll be calling and e-mailing everyone I can think of in the interim.
We have to make sure our troops get their absentee ballots in time for this November election. Never again are their votes going to be uncounted.