"Koch network donors growing nervous about losing their majorities in the midterm elections", James Hohmann, WashPost this morning:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2018/01/2...

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The network pointedly declined to support Donald Trump in the 2016 election, eyeing his brand of populism warily, but many alumni of the Koch network now hold top jobs inside the administration. And the president has not followed through on his campaign rhetoric related to soaking the rich.

The Koch network has pursued a pragmatic approach that  ensures its leaders have a seat at the table and enough juice in the White House to shape the outcome on issues from immigration and infrastructure to health care and tax policy. (I have a story on the front page of today’s newspaper with Michelle Ye Hee Lee about how the Kochs have learned to thrive in the Trump era. Read it here.)

Now the network’s donors realize that their fortunes are tied to Trump, at least to some degree. His policies have been better than they expected, but his personal behavior has been worse. There’s quiet exasperation and palpable concern that the president’s reality-TV antics and racially charged statements could wind up generating a backlash that taints their brand and sets back their cause.

“I’m not a fan of his style of doing things,” said Bill O'Neill, the retired president of Leaseway Transportation, during a cocktail reception Sunday night. “I think it hurts him and hurts some of the causes he supports. I think his style gets in the way, but I’ve been trying to look beyond that.”

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