The 2004 Presidential Election: A Post-Mortem Manifesto

I'm currently putting together a small tract in hopes of condensing both (1) what went wrong in this election and (2) how to remedy it for the future.  Though I already have an idea on what I'm going to argue, I'd like some input on the following areas:

1.  How effective were the 527s?
   
2.  How effective were the GOTV efforts?
   
3.  What does the democratic party currently stand for?
   
4.  What should the democratic party stand for?
   
5.  What positive moral arguments are winners for the democrats?
   
6.  Do facts matter?
   
7.  How should democrats react to the forthcoming Bush agenda?
   
8.  Without naming names, what qualities would you like in the 2008 Presidential candidate?

Feel free to answer as many, or few, as you like.  I think it's important that while we are currently grieving and expressing anger, it's important to start learning, reacting, and growing.

 I may update this with more question in the future.