Nobody ever talks about The Code of Dubuque, the Waco Way, or a San Francisco System.
Human societies tend to exhibit unique traits, based on their circumstances.
The nation's capital is no different from Boston's Beacon Hill. They can be high-minded, as in the Declaration of Independence. Wear a lapel pin identifying your special interest. Otherwise, politicians will never remember who handed them that check. But Mr. Weld seemed to imply that Washington Rules are something a touch more, well, sinister - a nonpartisan conspiracy of incumbents that's denying him a nomination hearing.