- POL
- Pick me! Pick me! person
- D.C. denizen
- Inside-the-Beltway figure
- DC figure
- Hill honcho
- Capitol Hill figure
- Party person, informally
- Ward heeler
- Frequent type of "Colbert" guest, for short
- Vote-seeker, casually
- One often running, for short
- Party person?
- D.C. insider
- Campaign figure
- D.C. sort
- Hilary or Bernie, for short
- Inside-the-Beltway fig.
- Mitt, e.g.
- Party rep
- Stumper?
- Party hack
- Campaign vet
- Capitol figure, for short
- Rep. or Sen.
- D.C. party person
- Parliament Hill person, for short
- Beltway insider
- D.C. old-timer
- Wheeler-dealer
- DC player?
- Blue Dog, e.g.
- Seat seeker
- D.C. dealmaker
- Election adviser, for short
- Hustings figure
- Hardened campaigner
- Meet the Press guest, briefly
- D.C. runner or sitter
- Pork-barreler, for one
- VIP of DC, e.g.
- Sweater in November, maybe?
- Quid-pro-quo type, maybe
- D.C. habitué
- Lech Walesa's country (abbr.)
- George W. Bush or Al Gore
- Pork-barreler
- Representative, e.g.
- Councilman, e.g.
- Campaign pro
- Campaigner, for short
- D.C. type
- Seat pursuer
- Town meeting speaker, briefly
- Wheeler-dealer in D.C., e.g.
- Party member, briefly
- D.C. wheeler-dealer
- Party pro
- Vote seeker, briefly
- Member of Cong.
- GOP candidate, e.g.
- One likely with a negative approval rating, these days
- Elected sort, for example
- Election figure, for short
- Seat holder
- Capitol Hill VIP
- Short office holder?
- Wash. habitue
- Cong. go-getter
- D.C. go-getter
- Hill regular
- House dealer?
- One exchanging party favors?
- NATO member since '99
- November runner
- Where Warsaw is: Abbr.
- Party guy
- Seat seeker, briefly
- One who is in
- Balt. Sea country
- Lobbyist's quarry
- Ballot figure
- Campaign hustler, for short
- Pro in a party
- Capitol Hill mover
- Race competitor
- Gov., e,g.
- Office seeker, briefly
- Washington figure
- Five-term sen., say
- Neighbor of Ger.
- Beltway insider, for short
- C-SPAN figure
- Capitol Hill fig.
- D.C. regular
- Party planner, briefly?
- Capitol insider
- Professional runner
- D.C. big shot
- D.C. pro
- Campaign trail pro
- One running for office, informally
- Gov. or sen.
- Deal maker
- Party stalwart
- Back-room maneuverer
- Legislator, for short
- Baby kisser
- Party faithful
- Patronage figure
- Party activist
- Veteran vote seeker
- Bush or Cheney
- Patronage distributor
- Officeholder
- Officeholder, for short
- Office seeker, for short
- One in office, for short
- Patronage provider
- Office seeker
- Legislative figure
- Seasoned campaigner
- Typical" Face the Nation" guest
- Vote seeker, for short
- Vote seeker
- Certain seat seeker
- Debate participant
- Frequent fund-raiser
- Periodic runner
- Any party planner
- Veep or prez
- Hill biggie
- Washington player, briefly
- Where the monetary unit is the zloty: Abbr.
- Where Lwow is: Abbr.
- Where Lwów is: Abbr.
- European country: Abbr.
- Baltic country: Abbr.
- Baltic land: Abbr.
- Central European country: Abbr.
- Where the Vistula flows: Abbr.
- Where Lodz is: Abbr.
- Chopin's country: Abbr.
- Warsaw's land: Abbr.
- Office-seeker: Abbr.
- Kind of science: Abbr.
- Cracow's land: Abbr.
- Rep. or Dem. worker
- Party worker: Abbr.
- ___ sci.
- Cambodia's Pot
- Eur. country
- Eur. land
- Country bordering the U.S.S.R.
- Tammany man
- Part of N.Y.P.D.
- Warsaw is its cap.
- Czech. neighbor
- Heeler
- Little office seeker
- Old campaigner
- Party hack, for short
- Precinct worker
- ___ Pot, Cambodian leader
- Vet on the hustings
- Electioneerer, for short
- Race planner
- Machine part?
- Person in a race
- Washington wheeler-dealer
- Capitol figure
- Office seeker, informally
- Washington denizen
- Nov. runner
- One experienced with running
- Campaigner
- Newt, once
- Senator, for example
- Party member, maybe
- Campaigner, in brief
- NATO member since 1999: Abbr.
- One in the legislative biz
- Quadrennial conventiongoer
- Smoke-filled room figure
- Vote solicitor
- Washington type
- Baby kisser, maybe, in brief
- Electioneer
- Patronage purveyor, for short
- Washington pro
- House party?
- Party planner, for short?
- Meet the Press guest, for short
- Party person, for short
- David Axelrod or Karl Rove, for short
- Glad-handing sort
- Many a "Meet the Press" guest, informally
- Typical "Meet the Press" guest, for short
- Inside-the-Beltway expert
- Many a candidate, briefly
- One running races for a living?
- Capitol Hill sort, for short
- Inside-the-Beltway sort
- One on the trail, for short
- Patrol wagon
- Washington insider, informally
- Campaign figure, informally
- Campaign guru
- Hill figure, for short
- One running for office, for short
- One shaking hands and kissing babies, stereotypically
- Experienced campaigner, for short
- Professional office-seeker, informally
- Who's in the running?
- Campaigner, informally
- Capitol wheeler-dealer, informally
- Many a C-Span interviewee, informally
- Primary person, informally
- Sen. or rep., e.g.
- Runner?
- Handshaker
- Noble lie teller, briefly
- VIP of D.C.
- Warsaw loc.
- Senator, e.g.
- D.C. VIP
- D.C. insider, for short
- A.O.C., e.g.
- Hill insider, for short
- Inside-the-Beltway type
- Khmer Rouge leader Pot
- Experienced office holder
- Cambodian dictator Pot
- Capitol Hill figure, briefly
- Senator or congressman, for short
- Washington fig.
- Wheeler-dealer in D.C.
- D.C. dignitary
- Infamous dictator Pot
- Smoke-filled room habitue
- Sen. or Rep.
- Warsaw locale (abbr.)
- D.C. negotiator
- Ice starter?
- Lobbyist's prey
- One seeking votes
- Ilhan Omar or Kamala Harris, briefly
- AOC or Mayor Pete
- AOC or JFK, e.g.
- Elected official, for short
- PAC beneficiary
- Prez or veep, e.g.
- ``In" guy
- Ger.'s neighbor
- Ward heeler, e.g.
- Cambodian Pot
- Career campaigner, for short
- Warsaw's home, briefly
- Back-room maneuverer (Abbr.)
- D.C. lifer
- Inside-the-Beltway figure, for short
- One in a "smoke-filled room," for short
- Smoke-filled room type
- Bill sponsor
- Running pro
- Power seeker
- Office pursuer
- Wheeler-dealer, for short
- Fan of running, for short
- Hannity & Colmes guest
- Running expert, for short
- City Hall denizen
- Expert at running
- GOP operative, e.g.
- Face the Nation guest
- Pro runner
- Race participant
- Pro on the hustings
- Running expert
- Its national anthem is "Mazurek Dbrowskiego"
- One backed by a PAC
- Pot that wasn't good
- Campaigner found in the fronts of words of the four long Across answers
