Rooting for Senator Fetterman

The day started at 7 a.m. with a breakfast meeting and ended after 11 p.m. — and I was exhausted.

It was 1996. I had spent 16 straight hours with Pennsylvania’s freshman Sen. Rick Santorum to report on “A day in the life of a senator.” I realized that same crazy day that I never wanted to become a senator.

Meetings and phone calls were followed by meetings in between more meetings and more phone calls. Lobbyist groups came begging for money or legislation, followed by committee hearings, followed by speeches on the Senate floor.