Albert R. Hunt: Even optimism sounds glum in today’s Washington

Yes, Washington is broken under President Donald Trump. But it was broken long before Trump came to town, and there’s no reason to expect his departure to fix it.That’s the message of “Our Damaged Democracy,” a new book by Joseph Califano, the former U.S. health secretary and veteran Washington hand.“We face a disproportionately powerful presidency, a gridlocked and distracted Congress, politicized courts, dependent states and a big-bucks-shaped public policy,&rdquo