Is The DCCC Grappling With a Tea-Party-In-Reverse Problem?

HOUSTON, TX -- MAY 22, 2017: Laura Moser's campaign signs on a bag in her home in Houston, Monday May 22, 2017. Moser is returning to Houston from Washington where her husband worked for the Obama Whitehouse, and is... HOUSTON, TX -- MAY 22, 2017: Laura Moser's campaign signs on a bag in her home in Houston, Monday May 22, 2017. Moser is returning to Houston from Washington where her husband worked for the Obama Whitehouse, and is starting her effort to run for the 7th Congressional District in Texas currently occupied by Republican John Culberson. (Photo by Michael Stravato/For the Washington Post) MORE LESS

February 23, 2018 4:19 p.m.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) moved yesterday to nuke a candidate in Texas that it sees as a bad ideological fit for the district. Progressive favorite Laura Moser has too much baggage (and carpetbaggage), the DCCC claimed. The attack infuriated...

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