The Democracy Alliance Is In Town

Notice all those liberal interest groups, think tanks and vendors clamoring for attention this week? It's not just because they want credit for electing Barack Obama.

The Democracy Alliance is in town.

This progressive philanthropist collective has given away more than $100 million over its short lifespan, but its efforts to keep internal deliberations internal have failed.

Nevertheless, the DA is alive and under new management.

Its chairman is Rob McKay, the president of the McKay Family Foundation; (the McKays own Taco Bell.)  Its vice chairman is Anna Burger, the SEIU executive vice president and Change to Win president.

It has a website, with boilerplate info.

They'll convene at the Mandarin Oriental hotel today; they'll hear briefings from progressive groups, official Democratic entities and even some Obama advisers -- though it's unclear whether anyone officially associated with the transition will attend.