These people operate within a political universe. The neighborhoods they live in, the restaurants they eat at, bars they drink at, fitness clubs where they work out ... are limited. They often attend the same meetings and conferences.
In this case, MKH might have been covering a subject that he was holding a meeting on, they talk further, there’s a chemistry, one things leads to another. Does not mean either converted the other to his/her political beliefs. Certainly the prototype for this type relationship is Matalin/Carville. You simply cannot live and work in DC and not engage with others from the other side of the spectrum.
Sure you can...
25 years in DC, a lot of it spent in political circles, and I tend to disagee with you.
It used to be the way you describe. The change point came with the Clinton crowd. They brought in with them a real attitude that you weren’t just a Republican or a Conservative, but rather a mortal enemy.
I saw that change, and how it poisoned the atmosphere. And now I’m seeing it play out on a much larger stage with social media.
Now, I’m not saying that exceptions don’t exist. Matalin/Carville arentba good example because they predated (by a little bit, anyways) the change. But it’s damn near impossible given the acrimony, identity politics and personal destruction tactics that are being employed.
And, as I said earlier, it invariably causes more problems for the Democrat/Progressive in the relationship than the Republican/Conservative. Which is why I think this was kept low key in order to protect him and not her.
And here you point out exactly what everyone is upset about, and why we feel there is a mass deception going on, feeding us in the rest of the nation, nothing but a pantomime sideshow.