- POLS
- Capitol Hill figures
- C-SPAN figures
- Ward heelers
- Party hacks
- D.C. dealers
- D.C. old-timers
- Caucus members, informally
- D.C. denizens
- Senators and such
- House parties, informally
- Inside-the-Beltway figures
- Smoke-filled room fillers
- Smoke-filled room folks
- Party people?
- Stumpers?
- Officeholders, briefly
- D.C. bigwigs
- D.C. wheeler-dealers
- Congressional figs.
- D.C. in-crowd
- Baby kissers
- Power seekers, briefly
- Dems, Reps, Inds
- Ward heelers, e.g.
- D.C. figures
- D.C. deal makers
- D.C. veterans
- D.C. types
- Noted logrollers
- Campaign vets
- D.C. insiders
- Hill regulars
- D.C. regulars
- Campaign pros
- Seasoned senators, say
- C-SPAN figures, informally
- D.C. VIPs
- Office seekers
- Office seekers, for short
- Patronage beneficiaries
- Ones in office
- Veteran campaigners
- Officeholders
- Officeholders, for short
- Vote seekers
- Campaign figures
- Party regulars
- Campaigning pros
- Would-be electees
- Candidates for office
- Successful runners, for short
- Ins
- Pros on the hustings
- Some campaigners
- Public figures: Abbr.
- Rep. and Dem. workers
- Campaigners, for short
- Dems. or Reps.
- Hustings figures
- Pro campaigners
- They're seen on C-Span
- Washington insiders
- Folks in smoke-filled rooms
- The in crowd?
- Experts in vote-getting
- D.C. players
- Hill people
- Capitol insiders
- Ones skewered in P. J. O'Rourke's "Parliament of Whores"
- Capitol insiders, informally
- D.C. group
- Party people, for short
- Congressmen, state senators, etc.
- D.C. insiders, in tabloid headlines
- Smoke-filled room folk
- They run for seats
- Candidates, in brief
- Sens. and Reps.
- D.C. vote chasers
- Sunday TV show talkers
- Part of a local machine
- Party-goers?
- Some making Capitol gains?
- Campaign veterans
- Candidates for office, slangily
- Campaign experts
- Inside-the-Beltway folks, informally
- Short officeholders
- Party activists
- Party guys?
- Professional runners
- Capitol group
- Running experts
- Running pros
