In March, "Who's Who" revealed efforts by John Podesta and Harold Ickes, both former White House chiefs of staff under Bill Clinton, to found a much-anticipated "Heritage of the left".

• Author: Threadgill, Susan
• Position: Who's Who

In March, "Who's Who" revealed efforts by John Podesta and Harold Ickes, both former White House chiefs of staff under Bill Clinton, to found a much-anticipated "Heritage of the left"--a progressive think tank that would give Democrats the kind of institutional muscle provided to the GOP by Washington's network of ideologically driven conservative think tanks. Now it's official. The new organization, dubbed the American Majority Institute, recently filed as a 501(c)(3). Morton Halperin, a Beltway veteran who's done stints both in the...