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Mark Leibovich's This Town

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I. There has always been a negative perception regarding the city of Washington D.C. It is truly one city that is universally hated for one principal reason. It is the center of American politics. Mark Leibovich truly illuminates this in his book, This Town. His take on Washington showcases how the democratic institutions that have been put in place by our founding fathers during the beginning of our nation are the key components that politicians from both sides of the aisle use to create political gridlock. A period that was supposed to be a “time of hope and rebirth,” with President Obama’s arrival into the oval office actually resulted in political polarization that had struck everyone in Washington and around the country (34). Leibovich

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