DLC Shutting Down? Third Way Is the Democrats' True Centrist Powerhouse

The Democratic Leadership Council may be shutting down, but the progressives haven't won. Centrism is alive and well in the think tank Third Way, whose advice on health care and the economy has swayed the White House.

Kirsten Powers

Published Feb. 8 2011 7:34PM EST

articles/2011/02/09/dlc-shutting-down-third-way-is-the-democrats-true-centrist-powerhouse/powers-obama-health-care_158827_zyltr2 — President Barack Obama addressed the Families USA 16th Annual Health Action Conference in Washington on Jan. 28. (J. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo)

Reports of the death of centrism in the Democratic Party have been greatly exaggerated.

Monday’s news that the Democratic Leadership Council is folding after three decades was greeted with glee by those on the left who see it as evidence that centrism has gasped its last breath.

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DLC Shutting Down? Third Way Is the Democrats' True Centrist Powerhouse

The Democratic Leadership Council may be shutting down, but the progressives haven't won. Centrism is alive and well in the think tank Third Way, whose advice on health care and the economy has swayed the White House.

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Kirsten Powers