yardman:  Like you, I've been a lifelong Democrat.  I agree this Presidential election cycle was a disaster.  The DNC completely screwed Bernie and all who supported him.  If the Democratic Party doesn't make MAJOR reforms, there will be many of us who abandon the Party...I hope they understand this.  I'm an old-fashioned FDR Democrat/liberal and, in my opinion, the Party, certainly starting with Bill Clinton's presidency, has lost much of those values.  I thought we'd see a true populism from President Obama, but in most ways, he seemed more a right-of-center, internationalist Republican than a populist Democrat.  I understand why the RustBelt populist base has abandoned the Democratic Party.  

I think Trump will be a total disaster for all of us.  However, with the nomination of Hillary Clinton, the Democratic Party, as you imply, was just asking for that disaster.  regards, Gary