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Washington is unpredictable these days.

Washington isn't utterly dysfunctional.

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

I'm not a Washington person.

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.

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 think on a whole host of issues Washington tends to be a lagging indicator on public opinion.

While I have worked hard to bring folks to the middle to craft common-sense solutions to the many problems that confront our nation, Washington is mired in gridlock, gamesmanship and constant partisan bickering.

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

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