beware reading too much into stuff.
Some people voted for Bush because he's a wartime President and changing horses mid-stream etc.
But I think we lost the election because Kerry is the Democratic Bob Dole. (War Veteran, no charisma, etc.) He's an upstanding guy and all, but he's NOT Presidental Leadership material.
That said, I agree with the Republicans on this one. I think there's some fundamental flaws in the Democratic Party Leadership. (Personally, I think Dean is the first step to fixing some of those flaws.)