Agreed! There are opportunistic politicians on both sides of the aisle.
Charlie is the man. That’s that.
Seriously though, half of Josh’s ire is that Donna’s “seeing” some guy. Doesn’t matter that he’s a Republican or Dem.
Josh’s character is so great. Emotions are so complicated and he’s so passive aggressive.
"…and the chemical abbreviation for table salt is NaCl.’ YEAH, you go girl!
Calling parents about their sons being killed. Gotta be the worst part of the job
And there’s your touching ending. There’s really nothing he can say to the parents of those two boys that wouldn’t sound trite, so he just went with the truth. So touching and real.
Have a lovely day, Thothampshire. 
Yup. Being a parent is such a deep part of Bartlett’s characters.
You have a great daytoo, Kimlanta.