Where everything is bipartisan until it is not.
The concept that government should be open and visible to its citizens, which politicians support enthusiastically right up until it applies to them personally. It's the political equivalent of wanting glass walls in everyone else's office.
Pre-approved sentences that politicians repeat verbatim on every news show, making them sound like slightly more articulate parrots. They're the political equivalent of a student who memorized one paragraph and hopes the essay question matches.
Rules that prevent politicians from holding the same office forever, based on the radical idea that power should occasionally change hands. Without them, some senators would serve longer than the average lifespan of a Galapagos tortoise.
A political issue so controversial and dangerous that touching it means instant career death, named after the electrified rail that powers subway trains. Social Security reform is the classic example that politicians approach like it's literally radioactive.
A policy idea deliberately leaked to media to gauge public reaction before officially proposing it. If it crashes and burns, the official can claim it was never seriously considered; if it flies, they take credit.
A cache of incriminating documents or communications that exposes questionable governmental dealings, typically involving quid pro quo arrangements. Named after the infamous Ukraine scandal texts, it's what happens when "delete all" wasn't in someone's vocabulary.
A political idealist running outside the two-party system, typically splitting votes and helping elect the candidate they least prefer. They're the protest vote personified, making principled stands that accomplish nothing except generating think pieces.
Research institutions producing policy analysis and recommendations, theoretically non-partisan but usually funded by interests that appreciate certain conclusions. Academic-sounding organizations that manufacture the intellectual ammunition for predetermined political battles.