Arianna on Hilary’s plea for party unity:

Right. Sure. I believe a little translation is in order. Because in almost every instance where a politician or political group calls for a “ceasefire,” or “a stop to the mud-slinging,” or “unity,” what they’re really saying is: “I’m calling on the other side to stop disagreeing with me, so we can move forward in the only right way. Which is my way.”

She sees a silver lining, though:

The good news is that the DLC’s disingenuous call for unity was a bust… except in the way it united the progressive blogosphere. Because if there’s one thing that can bring progressive bloggers together, it’s another clueless call by the DLC for capitulation “unity.”

Long gone are the days when the DLC was the only game in town. Now the pushback was instant, with bloggers tearing into the DLC, each sounding different notes but together creating a clear chorus of dissent.

Among the highlights:

HuffPoster David Sirota, nailing the fact that following the DLC path hasn’t exactly paid big dividends at the ballot box over the last 10 years.

Pandagon pointing out that Democrats have been “moving to the center” since 1992. And that, as an electoral strategy, it’s failed since 1993!

Markos on the disingenuousness of the “ceasefire” language.

Steve Gilliard making the killer point that “a drunk monkey could have made a mockery of the GOP’s claims to any sort of stewardship on national security.”

Matthew Yglesias on the lose-lose nature of Hillary. If you’re going to get a nominee who’s attacked for advocating progressive policies, it’d be nice if she advocated progressive policies.

Oliver Willis dressing down the DLC for playing the blame game while ignoring the major errors of their electoral approach.

Athenae from First-Draft offering the DLC’s Will Marshall some loving advice: “What we have to do, Will my love…â€?

And Chris Bowers at Mydd advising potential Hillary primary opponents that taking her on now means taking on the DLC.

In other words: No, DLC, your call to show how tough we are by capitulating to the Republicans has not gone over well. If the blogs have any say — and they increasingly do — we’re going to show how tough we really are by being… tough. And progressive.

Ready to rumble?

UPDATE: Hunter over at Daily Kos has some interesting things to add.