Via the far-left leaning Politico:
The Democratic Leadership Council, the iconic centrist organization of the Clinton years, is out of money and could close its doors as soon as next week, a person familiar with the plans said Monday.
The DLC, a network of Democratic elected officials and policy intellectuals had long been fading from its mid-’90s political relevance, tarred by the left as a symbol of “triangulation” at a moment when there’s little appetite for intra-party warfare on the center-right. The group tried — but has failed — to remake itself in the summer of 2009, when its founder, Al From, stepped down as president. Its new leader, former Clinton aide Bruce Reed, sought to remake the group as a think tank, and the DLC split from its associated think tank, the Progressive Policy Institute.
Crocodile tears. Big fat crocodile tears.
Thankfully, not all of the commenters at Politico are myopic moonbats:
On the parallel planet of Ben Smith, Obama is “centrist”, the DLC is “centrist”, VP Biden’s staffer Ed Gresser is “centrist,” every Democrat is “centrist” or “center-left.” Then again, given that Ben himself comes from the People’s Republic of Manhattan, maybe they do appear “centrist” to him!
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