"Potomac fever" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "(desire for political power): In reference to the Potomac river running through Washington, D.C., seat of US politics.",
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        "Synonym of Potomac horse fever"
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          "ref": "1991, Tom Sehler, When Reason Sleeps, page 4",
          "text": "Or maybe he just had a severe case of Potomac fever. It affects most congressmen and senators sooner or later: an atrophy of the sense of humility, a swelling of the glands of arrogance.",
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          "text": "After years of resisting Potomac fever, was she experiencing the initial symptoms ofthis dreaded disease? Was she capitulating toa base instinct for power?",
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        "A desire for political power."
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        "(informal) A desire for political power."
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  "word": "Potomac fever"
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