We understand that there’s Washington, and there’s D.C. There are plenty of people who live and work in Washington, but not all of them know much about the District.

So we’ve all been enjoying reading today’s article from the Post’s David Nakamura, in which he exposed that point through some hilarious interviews with some of D.C.’s Democratic superdelegates. There are 75 at-large superdelegates appointed by DNC Chair Howard Dean; 15 of them live in Washington, so those 15 will be seated with the D.C. delegation. But that’s about the end of the similarities they’ll share with their co-delegates. Writes Nakamura:

Harold Ickes is the prototypical insider, a career political operative who knows as much about how Washington works as anyone.

Just don’t ask the former Clinton White House official and Democratic superdelegate what ward he lives in.

“Oh boy,” Ickes said recently by phone. “It’s either 2 or 7. I live in Georgetown.”

Or who represents him on the D.C. Council.

“Don’t know.”

Or the name of the public schools chancellor.

“I don’t know the name, an Asian woman.”

The article goes on in much the same fashion, with Nakamura nailing one superdelegate after another. One couldn’t name the three people the city picked to potentially grace the D.C. quarter, another didn’t know who makes up the District’s three-person shadow delegation, yet another didn’t know who the chair of the D.C. Council is, and one undershot the final stadium price tag by a good $400 million.

Sure, some of these are details that even the hardiest of District residents might not be able to come up with under pressure, but if you’re going to live in Washington as a political insider, at least pretend to care about D.C. Tomorrow morning, flip to the Post’s Metro section, tune in to WAMU for “The Politics Hour” and “Metro Connection,” catch the City Paper’s latest Loose Lips column and stop on in to your local ANC’s meeting for the freshest in petty zoning squabbles. Oh, and read DCist. Every day. Like just keep your browser on us and hit refresh. A lot.

For you, Harold, just look at a ward map. You’re nowhere near Ward 7.