(1) As the brainchild of a Columbian attorney, a German scientist, and an American policy wonk , the project has a pretty interesting background.(2) he is a policy wonk in tune with a younger generation of voters(3) It is a policy wonk 's beach reading, full of participation rates, reciprocities and tax credits.(4) The foreign policy wonk was either bored or uncertain whether Lieberman knew what he was talking about.(5) To say he likes the book is something of an understatement: ‘Confessions of a policy wonk .’(6) For much of the 1990s I worked closely with New Labour as a policy wonk .(7) If he is a political animal, he has to become a policy wonk .(8) ‘I try my best to suppress my policy wonk instincts, but I don't always succeed,’ he admits, with a knowing laugh at the stereotype he so ably fills.(9) If Rodney Hide wins the ACT leadership, as I personally think will happen, then Sir Roger's influence as a policy wonk and powerbroker is essentially at an end.(10) Leicester inhabits the world of the policy wonk , the person who provides the meat of politics, while staying out of the soap opera of characters which dominate the way politics is often perceived through the media.(11) The book is a policy wonk 's dream, and there's enough here to make you pull out your hair over the amount of graft and outright cheating going on in the open.(12) he is a policy wonk in tune with a younger generation of voters(13) He finishes off with a wonk 's analysis of sustainable firewood projections for the next 60 years.(14) any kid with an interest in science was a wonk(15) A wonk, a policy wonk , a detail - oriented person and that is what you need in office, especially for a situation like this.(16) I mean, she makes fun of him for being a policy wonk .