Dirty Quote by Mark Leibovich

I've never seen Washington as divided as we are right now.

— Judy Woodruff

Washington is a complete mess. It's become a venue for partisan bickering, where the needs of the working class just don't matter.

— Meghan McCain

It's not empirically wrong to say that Washington isn't working for the American people and Washington does too many things for powerful special interests…

— Jake Tapper

I think Washington, in general, is dysfunctional. I think it's high time we put people in Congress who were not beholden to their party,…

— Clay Aiken

Everywhere I go - from Main Street to Wall Street - people ask, 'What's happened to our political system? Why can't Washington folks work…

— Tom Brokaw

It is possible to work across the aisle in Washington, but it's hard. And I think it's been made worse by the kind of…

— Condoleezza Rice

Washington is like playing the Super Bowl, only there are no timeouts, no potty breaks, and the arena is filled with the media. In…

— Desiree Rogers

Washington, as we know it, is essentially run by men and women who are not elected or even appointed to their posts, staff members…

— Jake Tapper

Washington is corrupt and corrupt on both sides of the aisle.

— Nick Searcy

You have six of the ten wealthiest counties in America surround Washington, D.C., and the poor and middle class are getting squeezed while people…

— Mike Lee

“Washington” has become for many a dirty word that connotes self-serving politicians and devious lobbyists. To be sure, they are there, but I remember…

— Dan Rather

When you're in government, you have a big impact in Washington, but Washington may not be doing very much.

— Joseph Stiglitz