THE NEW YORK TIMES

“‘“The upside of being associated with more extreme movements is you get attention and real and perceived energy and outsider status,” said Liam Kerr, the co-founder of another centrist group called Welcome PAC.

Mr. Kerr said that the far left was currently receiving all of those benefits without “the baggage” of particular positions — a dynamic he hoped would shift with added attention.”

NEW YORK TIMES

“Mr. Kerr said he was unconcerned about the prospect of nominating Mr. Golden resulting in hurt feelings from Mr. Platner’s supporters.

‘There weren’t enough hurt feelings two years ago,” Mr. Kerr said. Of Mr. Golden, he added: “He won a district Trump won by 10 points. It’s like we have Michael Jordan in his prime, and we’re letting the season ticket holders play HORSE to decide who our starting guard is.’”

The New York Times

“In October, the group behind the centrist Democratic WelcomePAC issued “Deciding to Win,” an analysis of “election results, hundreds of public polls and academic papers, dozens of case studies, and surveys of more than 500,000 voters” that found that “since 2012, highly educated staffers, donors, advocacy groups, pundits and elected officials have reshaped the Democratic Party’s agenda, decreasing our party’s focus on the economic issues that are the top concerns of the American people.””

New York Times

“It’s reflective of a broader problem within the party, which is we are scared of ever making anybody in our coalition upset,” said Simon Bazelon, a Democratic researcher who was the lead author of a different autopsy, called Deciding to Win, that was released by Welcome PAC, a centrist group. “I understand the incentives involved there. But it also limits us in a lot of ways because it means we can’t address difficult questions head on.”

The New York Times

There is growing interest in Welcome PAC, a centrist Democratic group founded in 2021 that has contributed to moderate House Democrats like Jared Golden, Mary Peltola and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez.