I believe it's worse than simply Democrats being out of power. They have lost everything and have no way to regain any of it. They do not have any ideas or programs that will appeal to the voting public.
The last bastion for Democrat appeal to the public is their hope and dream of somehow recreating the Vietnam experience and Nixon.
The biggest problem Republican have seems to be Democrats lashing out at anything and everything, in the hope something will stick that will translate into votes. Bush has Rope-a-doped them so many times that they are becoming more and more irrational.
YEAH, like punch drunk. Too many hits to the head. Snicker.