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Anna West
What event thus far encapsulates the Washington experience?
By Anna West
Spring 2014
Politics are replete with high-octane, action verbs. You don’t submit a vote; rather you cast one, as if you were fishing on the high seas. You don’t just ring doorbells and post billboard ads; you campaign by waging political war against your opponent. And you certainly don’t walk for office, you run for it.
But in D.C. it’s evident that running takes on a literal meaning aside from the political realm. During lunch breaks, politicians actually run up and down Pennsylvania Ave. I see them bounce in place at streetlights, puffs of vapor escaping their breath in what has been the longest winter of subsequent polar vortexes. They battle relentlessly with the cold – gloves, hats and scarves, the fabrics of their armor.
Maura and I outside the ultimate Washington landmark.
