See if any of this strikes you as familiar:

...this is more a reflection of a Democratic party that is rudderless... reflect splits within the party about what it means to be a Democrat -- and what a winning Democratic formula will be ... while Democrats have no shortage of criticism to offer, they have so far not introduced a strategy for governing...

Article after article expresses the opposite view of Republicans.  Though the recent plummet in Bush's popularity has opened some schisms between the administration and the rest of the party, Republicans are seen as being "united," and "on message," and "delivering a clear platform."

You think that's because Democrats are a big tent and Republicans are just a bunch of white guys who all think alike?  Partly right.  But what makes Republicans able to march in lockstep isn't their similarity -- it's because they've learned to exploit their differences.