She sat next to the president resembling in that moment, depending on the political persuasion of the observer, either a child before Christmas or a gargoyle.

With clasped hands, shoulders hunched in excitement, and a smile about as wide as her face, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., literally rocked back and forth when President Trump suggested adding her assault weapons ban to a gun control package. The glee was as unmistakable as it was uncontainable.