Democratic Leadership Council

If Barack Obama prevails over Hillary Clinton to become his party’s nominee, it will mark the end of an era for the Clintons. But the agenda of the group that devised their national political identity will be just fine.

At least according to Al From, the founder and CEO of the resolutely centrist—Clintonian, even—Democratic Leadership Council.

“What he has done is he has certainly taken a good part of the strategy we have articulated over the years,” Mr. From said. “Which is to not polarize, but try to unite and build a coalition that understands that a Democratic victory is a coalition.”  read more »

In his column on Spitzer's ideology today, Ben makes mention of Spitzer's short romance with the idea of a New York chapter of the Democratic Leadership Council. When Ben asked him about the resolutely centrist DLC, Spitzer seemed to distance himself from the Al From crowd: "I don't know what they're doing these days."

But Spitzer is not as averse to all Washington think tanks, and has even raided one of them for his campaign.

Drew Worshaw, 25, worked at the Center For American Progress ("Progressive Ideas for a Strong, Just and Free America") before joining the Spitzer campaign as a junior policy advisor. At the CAP, Worshaw helped get the foundation off its feet as assistant to Sarah Wartell, who is basically the center's second-in-command under John Podesta.  read more »

According to Erin Green, a current CAP staffer, Worshaw "is passionate about campaign finance reform." And after the campaign is over, she said, she could "see him working in the administration."