Poor, poor D.C. Council Member Phil Mendelson (D-At Large), so the narrative goes: this selflessly dedicated public servant is being done in by dirty tricks and a case of has scurrilous “political identity theft.” “Mendo” has been too focused on helping others to be able to devote enough time and resources to campaign enough to save his political hide.

Mendelson has been the beneficiary of sympathetic treatment from the press, and those who fancy themselves as the most informed of reliable District Democratic primary voters.

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