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Washington isn't utterly dysfunctional.

Washington is a place where people have always been suspect of style and overt sexuality. Too much preening signals that you're not up late studying cap-and-trade agreements.

I'm not a Washington person.

Washington is unpredictable these days.

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.

Washington Is kind of dead. It's a nice place, but It's not like New York.

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 is a place where politics and economics often aren't on speaking terms.

Washington is paralyzed by extreme political rhetoric that creates powerful sound bites but poor policy.