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Darwin explains nicely how DNA allows creatures to adapt. Darwin fails miserably in explaining how DNA comes into being

Since Darwin never even tried to explain the origin or life, and was quite up front about the fact that his theory assumes life already exists, I can hardly see how you can say he "failed miserably."

Dawinism is just a theory about how life diversifies, how new speices form from older species, and the like. It has nothing to do with the origin or life.

You are quite right that scientists do not understand how life origniated, and they openly admit it.

But Darwin has problems with fossil records too.

Such as...

Where are all these intermediate transition species that failed?

In the fossil record.

Since Darwin never even tried to explain the origin or life, and was quite up front about the fact that his theory assumes life already exists, I can hardly see how you can say he "failed miserably."

OK, I accept the stipulation that Darwinism does not claim to explain the origin of life. Does it claim to explain the origin of DNA?
I'm new to this debate.
I keep seeing the ID people saying the evolutionist are claiming that evolution does not explain the origin of the species. As I understood it, "The Origin of the Species" was the title of Darwin's book. I keep seeing the evolution people saying that ID should not be taught as a possible origin of life, i.e. the species, so I (perhaps incorrectly) inferred that the evolutionist HAD an explanation as to the origin, since they seemed to be so sure the ID folks were wrong.

The evolutionists say that the ID people have it all wrong, when the ID people say there is a creator behind the design, and the design of DNA is what makes the whole evolution/adaptation thing work. So, again I thought they had an explanation.

In fact, the origin seemed to be the most contentious issue in the whole debate, as far as I could see. Admittedly, the signal to noise ratio is quite low in most of the threads, and there are folks who have spent a LOT more time looking at this than I have. This isn't my day job, and I'm just a simple mind looking for truth where I can find it, just because I find this life and universe fascinating.

Where are all these intermediate transition species that failed?

In the fossil record.

Ok, fair enough. Could you please point me to a link? I've missed it, and the subject seemed to keep coming up in the debate. Again I, perhaps incorrectly, thought that to be an unsettled part of the debate since it kept cropping up.