I've said this before, but it bears repeating, the "centrists" of the past four decades have primarily served Wall Street and corporate interests, bought into "trickle down-lite" economics and fueled inequality. Their influence among Dems is fading because they hurt millions.

The party and the country have moved on from 80s, post-inflation crisis, macro, bond-market driven formulations, hyper-concern about deficits, focus on top line GDP and stock mkt performance to metrics like wages, income growth, inequality, and equity.

It's not that we've abandoned the center. It's just that we realized the "centrists" were serving the few and that we needed to focus on the economy through the eyes of all Americans, notably those left behind or disadvantaged for the past forty years.

This is the focus of the new center. It is both more progressive and more aligned with mid-20th Century values. It is more humane and more consistent with the values in other leading developed countries with a better fiscal, equity and happiness track record than we have.