New York Times political reporter Jeff Zeleny discovers that Democrats in Congress, in an attempt to not deal with angry constituents, are avoiding town hall meetings or any unscripted public gatherings that are outside the cozy confines of a union hall.
If this story sounds somewhat familiar, it’s because you may have read it last summer. At Carolina Journal Online.
Zeleny’s story is worth a read, if for no other reason, to learn that some Democrats who did meet with their bosses last summer are finding better things to do this year.
Still, that story might have been a bit more cutting-edge when we first spotted the trend of widespread avoidance of interaction with the public about 10 months ago.
As a friend once said, there’s a difference between a newspaper … and an oldspaper.
