During his decades on the congressional beat, John Bresnahan has spent countless hours listening to the private concerns of his congressional sources.
Democrats expressed private concerns about Bill Clinton’s indiscretions with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Republicans confessed private concerns about George W. Bush’s handling of the Iraq War. Democrats shared private concerns about Barack Obama’s aloofness to the backroom negotiations where Congress gets its real work done.
But then came Donald Trump. And, boy, did his party’s lawmakers ever have concerns. And those concerns? The most private ever. Continue reading.