MoveOn.org is hopping mad at the DNC. The group is claiming that the DNC leadership is in bed with corporate fat cats, but would still be absolutely nowhere without the hundreds of millions of dollars raised by grassroots 527 groups like MoveOn.

"For years, the party has been led by elite Washington insiders who are closer to corporate lobbyists than they are to the Democratic base," said the e-mail from MoveOn PAC's Eli Pariser. "But we can't afford four more years of leadership by a consulting class of professional election losers."

Under McAuliffe's leadership, the message said, the party coddled the same corporate donors that fund Republicans to bring in money at the expense of vision and integrity.

"In the last year, grass-roots contributors like us gave more than $300 million to the Kerry campaign and the DNC, and proved that the party doesn't need corporate cash to be competitive," the message continued. "Now it's our party: we bought it, we own it, and we're going to take it back."

If by "take it back" he means "and ask for a refund", he may be on to something. They spent nearly $400 million and still lost big, so I can't blame them for being so upset. On the up-side, the '527' groups did help illustrate just how pointless the campaign finance reform laws really are. For that, I thank them.