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I've been a political junkie for a long time. I find the way Washington works is just fascinating to me.

I grew up in that world of power and politics in Washington, but when you grow up around it, you are completely unfazed by it.

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.

I'm not a career politician, so the ways of Washington may be a little obscure to me.

Oh, that all the things my father had told me about how disgusting Washington is are true. And again it's the system - there are lots of nice, well-meaning people there. But it's a sleazy place. And politics is all about doing favors.

Everything's viewed with a political lens in Washington, and that's just the nature of the beast, and it is what it is.

I haven't been in Washington long, but I have learned that it is a place filled with people who say one thing to get elected and do the opposite once they get there.

Washington is a city that coddles up to and worships power.

The shaming of Washington, insofar as it is even possible, is a very noble pursuit.

I think that the worst form of naivete can be extreme cynicism. If you think that nobody comes to Washington to do any good whatsoever, that is almost as bad as being starry-eyed and thinking that they are all here to advance democracy.