http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/default.asp?view=plink&id=1150

http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/default.asp?view=plink&id=825

John Kerry had used this on May 2:

“It’s another example of how Washington Republicans are completely disconnected with the values that are important to the American people. Together we must hold them accountable and let them know that cutting kids’ health care is just plain wrong.”
http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/default.asp?view=plink&id=819

There’s also this from earlier this month:
http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/default.asp?view=plink&id=1073

“The Washington Republicans ignore facts, push aside America’s real problems, promote partisan sniping and division, and flat out refuse to turn their attention to finding ways we can work together to make America stronger.”

He used Washington Republicans in talking about the DSM last week:
 It’s not too much for Americans to expect a thorough explanation of the Downing Street memo, he said.  The administration and the Washington Republicans who control Congress scoff at the idea of congressional oversight, and insult Americans by brushing off even the most basic questions about pre-war intelligence and planning for the aftermath of war.
http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/default.asp?view=plink&id=1113

While not actually using the term Washington Republicans, he is giving that message with statements like:

‘Washington seems more and more out of touch with the difficulties the average family is facing,” Kerry told the crowd of about 150 last week in Baton Rouge. ”Go out of here, take some anger and a little bit of outrage at the fact that Washington is not dealing with the real concerns of our country.”

(From the Boston Globe) His new political action committee bought a large ad in tomorrow’s USA Today that accuses Bush and GOP leaders of ignoring soaring gas prices, children without health insurance, and the lack of quality jobs with good wages.

”They think it’s all about them,” the ad states above pictures of Bush, House majority leader Tom DeLay and Senate majority leader Bill Frist. ”Don’t let them forget about what really matters to you. . . . Make Washington stand up for the needs and values of America’s families.”

http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/default.asp?view=plink&id=861

Harry Reid also used the term

“Our children know that you can’t change the rules just to get your way. I think it’s time that Washington Republicans remembered those truths.”
http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/default.asp?view=plink&id=687

and here

But if the Washington Republicans stopped to listen to the American people, this is what they d hear:

Americans are sick and tired of getting caught in the crossfire of partisan sniping.

Americans want us to put the common sense center ahead of nonsense.

Americans want us to bring people together, to focus on what we owe to one another, and the responsibilities we share.

And Americans want their agenda  their jobs, their health care, their security  to get back on the front burners of the nation s agenda.

Americans are coming to realize this Republican Congress is out of touch with the real problems of working families and that the agenda the Republicans are advancing is at odds with what people in this country really care about.

http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/?view=plink&id=970