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What passes for real debate in Washington often seems more like an echo chamber, with politicians talking at politicians.

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

Most people get their politics, obviously, from TV shows about senators or movies about them or... all the day-to-day press and the talk shows.

I enjoy talking about politics a great deal.

I grew up in a household where we talked politics a lot and argued politics a lot.

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

The good news, though, is that I find in my political travels that people, as regular citizens, are more interested than ever in getting together and having discussions. They want to hear about other viewpoints that differ entirely from what the administration is putting out.

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.