Okay, is this a major shock to anyone?

Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill are privately bristling over Howard Dean’s management of the Democratic National Committee and have made those sentiments clear after new fundraising numbers showed he has spent nearly all the committee’s cash and has little left to support their efforts to gain seats this cycle, ROLL CALL reports.

Congressional leaders were furious last week when they learned the DNC has just $5.5 million in the bank, compared to the Republican National Committee’s $34 million.

Have people forgotten that this is the same guy who, during his 2004 Presidential bid, blew through $40 million dollars in campaign funds in mere weeks and STILL lost to Kerry? Say what you want about Terry McAuliffe — I certainly have — that guy knew how to manage the party’s money. And he knew how to keep the funds flowing. In 2004, the DNC erased any advantage the GOP had gained in previous election cycles.

Yes, they lost big anyway, but that’s a different story.

The moral of this story? The DNC needs someone who rallies the party like Bill Clinton and who raises and manages money like Terry McAuliffe.

And they need this person yesterday!