We've all heard the maxim that "those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it." Personally, I prefer William Faulkner's observation that "the past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past."

In 2004, Democrats were unable to successfully defeat a president who, by all measures in politics, should have lost.  Where we should have won by a landslide, we found ourselves the morning of Nov. 3rd dazed, confused, and heartbroken.

It's taken quite a while for me to trust the Democratic Party again. I've seen  much improvement over the past year or so.  But I feel like the Democrats still don't "get it," and that failure to appreciate both the skill of our adversary and our own weakness will result in another stinging defeat in 2006/2008.

Some of us who worked as moderators on the Kerry-Edwards blog at johnkerry.com have stayed in touch with John and Teresa. Teresa sent this message to us yesterday and asked us to share with others in the blogosphere.

From Teresa:

A year ago today, many of us were hoping that we would begin to change the course that America was on by electing my husband President of the United States. While we fell short of that goal, I wanted to use this occasion to thank you again.