#washington

I think Barack Obama has brought a new level of ethical standards to Washington. Has he changed some basic hard-knuckle politics? No. You need hard-knuckle politics to succeed. ↗

— Ed Rendell

#barack obama #basic #brought #changed #ethical

A concrete agenda and landslide victory might not even guarantee a president his mandate in a capital as polarized as Washington. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#capital #concrete #even #guarantee #his

Caring about policy is important - people in washington forget. ↗

— Tabitha Soren

#caring #forget #important #people #policy

It's not like I just have to go to Washington and go to the White House everyday, and go to the same press conference at 10 in the morning and then be briefed at 4 in the afternoon, and then get a story on at 6. ↗

— Tabitha Soren

#briefed #conference #everyday #get #go

It's a rarity when someone takes a political risk in Washington today in the public interest. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#political #public #public interest #rarity #risk

For most Americans, Friday afternoons are filled with positive anticipation of the weekend. In Washington, it's where government officials dump stories they want to bury. Good news gets dropped on Monday so bureaucrats can talk about it all week. ↗

— John Sununu

#anticipation #bureaucrats #bury #dropped #dump

Now in business we do a cost benefit analysis before we make policy changes. Washington should as well. ↗

— Vicky Hartzler

#before #benefit #business #changes #cost

I intend to travel to Okinawa and to visit with Okinawa officials and the citizens of Okinawa at an early date. I will send my best analysis of that situation, including the local attitudes, back to Washington, to the government there. ↗

— Howard Baker

#attitudes #back #best #citizens #date

Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country. ↗

— Marion Barry

#crime #killings #lowest #outside #rates

Washington, D.C. in 1942 was not the easiest place in the world for a Negro to get along. ↗

— Gordon Parks

#easiest #get #place #washington #world