Reach out or resist? A Texas runoff tests Democrats' midterm strategy
HOUSTON - Democrats say they're ready to take charge in Washington. They just can't agree how.
After nearly a decade of GOP rule, the party stands its best chance in years to seize control of the House, an opening that's intensified the long-standing fight between progressives, pragmatists and party professionals.
Some at the grassroots favor a path of most resistance, believing Democrats will turn out in November only if tooth-and-claw candidates press an assertively liberal agenda and wage all-out war on President Donald Trump.
Others push for a more measured approach, reaching out to independents and cross-over Republicans who share Democrat's disdain for Trump, if not their broad philosophy or political bloodlust.
The competing approaches will be tested Tuesday in a Texas runoff,
