Washington insider Margaret Carlson talks Trump, opponents with Springfield chamber (photos)
U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal introduced Margaret Carlson on Monday with some praise for — and a warning about — the news media. “In a representative democracy, the media is the referee,” said Neal, D-Springfield. “We need them to get it right.” Carlson, columnist for The Daily Beast and the first woman columnist at Time magazine, proceeded to praise and to criticize President Donald Trump and to handicap the growing field of candidates looking to replace him.