Kos at Daily Kos says the Democratic party has become the party of appeasement:

We have become a party of appeasers, afraid to respond lest the Rove boogeyman jump out of the bushes and bite them in the rump. Dean helped kickstart a change in our party's culture, but it has temporarily receeded as the Kerry people consolidate their victory and take over the party apparatus. Kerry has rightly kept quiet as Bush digs his own grave, but where are our attack dog surrogates? Where are our Democrats being Democrats?

Atrios adds his thoughts:

....in my relatively limited contact with DC Dems his assessment of them as frightened little bunnies is spot on. Too many people in the establishment seem to be comfortable in their role as minorty party. I don't know why. So, we're going to have to fight the good fight for them.

We agree. The Dems need to seize the moment. Bush is now beyond vulnerable and has moved into the defeatable category. Let's get on it.