Remember when Anita Kumar and Francesca Chambers threw a going-away party for Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
I get the sense that a lot of the DC media are just super giddy to be around these politicians.
Bro, my first job out of college, every year holds one of the premier events in DC during the Fall..
The Meridian Ball | Meridian International Center. Look it up, you'll see a who's who of media personalities, politicians on all sides, some celebs show up. Swanky, glitzy, etc. I went almost every year I worked there due to staff discount
I remember I went to the 2014 one... Rand Paul was there as well as the cast members of House of Cards (Secretary Durant and President Walker)
Last one I went to was 2017. Paul Ryan was there
The 2018 one had Kellyanne and Sarah Huckabee and Rod Rosenstein there
Obama era obviously had the big Dems around like Hillary one year but that was before my time