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Well, I'm not a member of the permanent political establishment, and I've learned quickly these last few days that if you're not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone.

Here's a little newsflash for those reporters and commentators: I'm not going to Washington to seek their good opinion. I'm going to Washington to serve this great country.

Americans expect us to go to Washington for the right reason, and not just to mingle with the right people.

Doing the show was like painting the George Washington Bridge. As soon as you finished one end, you started right in on the other.

Washington has been ignoring this issue for too long.

The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.

Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't know which way is down.

I've been in Washington ever since 1981, trying to get out!

That first week, I also went to Washington. That was really tough. I sympathize with those Washington figures who have to face 40 Times Washington bureau reporters. They ask hard questions and they're relentless. And they were quite suspicious and quite dubious about me.

It's time to replace career politicians with citizen's politicians. It's time to elect people who are going to stand up to the Washington elite and stand up to a White House and Congress hell-bent on ramming socialism down our throat.

Christine O'Donnell

A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the authors of that study: 'Duh.'

What Washington needs is adult supervision.

My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.

It's time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington. To help build a new foundation for the 21st century, we need to reform our government so that it is more efficient, more transparent, and more creative. That will demand new thinking and a new sense of responsibility for every dollar that is spent.

In Washington, there's always an effort to label people.