Existential crisis for Dem cmte?

Allegheny County's Democratic Committee is moving its offices from Ross Street Downtown to the South Side. That underscores the problems the committee has had finding its footing in the Obama era (after the party machinery went all-in for Hillary Clinton), and in its oft-meaningless endorsements in local races, Infinonymous writes:

Candidates complain that the longstanding worthlessness of the party's endorsement in a primary election has been creeping into the context of the Democratic nomination during a general election. The candidates' complaints concern lack of financial support; spotty effort and loyalty from party leaders, including most municipal committee chairs; and declining campaign manpower. If elected, these candidates perceive neither respect for nor indebtedness to the Democratic Committee.

Party workhorses don't complain nearly so much; they simply work less or devote energy elsewhere. Fundraisers such as Lazar Palnick and Cliff Levine have been working independently, taking their donors with them. Street-level volunteers have been moving to Organizing For America and MoveOn, or switching to gardening, craft brews, the PTA, and Rachel Maddow.