To me it looks like the DA has reversed to the Zille years just before Maimane, Zille back then was dancing to Vulindlela with Lindiwe and Mmusi by his side, there was a lot of promise and Zuma kept on pushing voters towards the DA, the general mood was positive.
Now Zille is back, I doubt she still has time for Vulindlela, Lindiwe is gone, Mmusi is gone, Zuma is in Nkandla. It is starting from scratch, trying to woo the same kind of voters they did back then, or is it different voters this time?
I have said it before and I will repeat it, it's easy to destroy and a totally different thing to rebuild the party to where it was before, ask Cope and the ANC.