Facts:
1. When a brand-new member of Congress comes to Washington, he is fresh from the heady experience of winning public acclaim for his politics and victory for himself.
2. Potomac fever is the incurable addiction of wielding political power or feeling at the political center.
3. New York and Los Angeles have enormous financial muscle.
4. Houston, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Detroit have industrial and commercial might.
5. There are approxiamately 3.5 million people who live in Washington.
6. The city and suburbs of Washington are encircled by a sixty-four-mile freeway loop known as the beltway.
7. The shorthand for the Department of Housing and Urban Development is pronounced "HUD".
8. The nickname for the Department of Transportation is pronounced "D-O-T" never "dot".
9. Many people treat the word "politician" as a synonym for hypocrisy.
10. Washington is a city mercurial in its moods, short in its attention span, and given to fetishes.
Questions:
1. How do you catch Potomac fever is it contagious?
2. Who coined the term "Potomac fever"?
3. Why do people think Washington is disconnected from our country?
4. Do the people in Congress acutally use their time with their constituents?
5. What is Jagon and why is it a vital element to the "Washington game"?
6. What is the difference between constant dollars and current dollars?
7. Why do people treat the word politician as a synonym for hypocrisy?
8. What is a "cocker spaniel"?
9. Will Washington ever blend into our country or will it stay disconnected?
10. How much power does Washington have over the country?
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