The DLC says it's centrist, but centrism is wherever the polls say most Americans are. And most Americans drift wherever there's a lot of hullabaloo. Centrism is unprincipled. Centrism doesn't lead. Centrism is Dick Morris.
Centrism is nowhere.
Because it's not playing dead. The Dems aren't even fighting for campaign finance reform. They got so much soft money last time that they've decided to hold on. This party is no more. It has ceased to be.