What Happens to 'Washington Outsiders' When They Get Inside Washington? from The Takeaway: Early Edition by feedback@thetakeaway.org (Public Radio International and WNYC Radio)

With mid-term elections only weeks away, many Tea Party candidates are campaigning as self-declared "Washington outsiders." U.S. Senate candidates like Sharron Angle, Christine O'Donnell and Ron Johnson are relatively new to politics and are using their lack of experience as a way to sell their candidacy to voters. But once these “outsiders” get to the inside, what do they find, and is it possible to really change Washington, like they promise to do? We talk with James Morone, a political science professor at Brown University, about the history of the Washington outsider in modern politics. Morone is author of the book, “The Heart of Power: Health and Politics in the Oval Office.”

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