At its worst, Washington is a place where name-calling partisan politics too often trumps policy.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Washington is a place where politics and economics often aren't on speaking terms.
What strikes me when I leave Washington is the extent to which there's a huge disconnect between Washington and the rest of the country. The rest of the country is not hyper partisan.
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.
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.
I'm not a career politician, so the ways of Washington may be a little obscure to me.
Living in Washington, you can't take politics too seriously. I draw the line at honesty. I have no time for political hacks who say things they don't believe because they get paid to.
Washington is paralyzed by extreme political rhetoric that creates powerful sound bites but poor policy.
Washington is politics! Somehow if people have political objectives, then those objectives are automatically disqualified? If that's the case, the Democrats have no business being legitimized about anything because everything they do is political.
You turn on the TV, and you hear all these guys: 'Republican Party in disarray. Turmoil in Washington.' I don't think that's the case.
Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't know which way is down.