A month after the general election, the Umno leadership is still groping for answers as to what exactly has hit them so hard.

While former party president Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his supporters are baying for blood, one-time vice-president Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah (Ku Li) is sounding the alarm bell over the potential loss of political power among Malays.

Other Umno leaders are talking vaguely about “reforming”, “reinventing” or “strengthening” the party, without going into specifics.