Don't make me angry...you wouldn't like me when I'm angry

From "Worried Democrats See Daunting '04 Hurdles" in the NY Times:

Many prominent Democrats said that Mr. Bush might be vulnerable, given problems with the economy, and continued American fatalities in Iraq. But they said he could be unseated only by an aggressive, partisan challenge that builds on Democratic anger lingering from the 2000 election, and by a nominee who somehow managed to survive a complicated nominating fight that was pulling their party to the left.

Can the Democratic Party really be so adrift that it has to rely on "anger" from three years ago? How much longer can they flog that mythology?