Greasing Washington's Wheels
November, 1980
Sally Quinn,journalistYou get along in Washington like you get along anywhere else. Pretend you were a newcomer to a small town somewhere--say, Plains, Georgia. You'd try to meet as many people as possible. You'd look up the Carters. A lot of people would be friendly and bring over a pie or a covered dish. The smart, natural, spontaneous thing would be to reciprocate their hospitality.If you were going to set up a business in that town, you'd make friends with the other business people and estab...
