Hill Climbers: D.C. Is ‘Like Politics in a Blender’

• By Kate Tummarello
• Roll Call Staff
• Jan. 9, 2012, Midnight

Four years ago, Abe Rakov was on track to graduate from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and become a sports reporter. But the college newspaper’s editor-in-chief decided to add Congressional intern to his résumé, and “everything has just kind of snowballed since then.”