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Sometimes we pay too much attention in Washington to public relations, as opposed to the substance.

There's a big gap between public opinion polls and the vote in Washington, in Congress.

I think, first of all, you know, Washington has a bad habit of a very short attention span.

There's a void of leadership in a lot of Washington. I think one of the reasons why there's so much angst across the country.

It's a sad indication of where Washington has come, where policy differences almost necessarily become questions of integrity. I came to Washington in the late '70s, and people had the ability in the past to have intense policy differences but didn't feel the need to question the other person's character.

Washington has been ignoring this issue for too long.

Washington is a bubble, and there is nothing more powerful than the conservative grassroots when we are engaged and letting our voice be heard.

Washington has, with some justification, gained a reputation for being hopelessly mired in partisan gridlock.

One of my big beliefs about Washington is that we highly overstate the power of individuals and highly underrate seeing Washington as a system, in general, but, in particular, we highly underrate the power of Congress.