Even blogs take vacations, you know? Well, that’ll have to do to explain why D.C. Wire, the Post’s local politics blog, took an extended leave of absence from July 13 until yesterday.

But now they’re back, and they’re promising that they’ll blog all the way through next Tuesday, the big day of D.C. primaries. That’s about enough time for Jonathan Rees to set up shop in the comments section again and have long, long discussions with himself.