"As for Hillary Clinton, I fully agree she was a weak candidate, and the folly of the Democrats was that they underestimated just how weak. The fact that a monstrosity like Donald Trump was able to beat her is all the proof you need."

The two were such poor choices that I'd actually thought it might be a good idea for Obama to have another year so that we could have a collective "do over."  Against Trump, any other Democrat put forward would likely have won; Hillary should have won (and, as we discussed before, I was getting used to the idea of hearing "Madam President") both the popular and electoral vote.

As for the electoral vote, had the states proportioned their electors, the landslide would not have been as great, either.  

Can I say that I still miss Paul Wellstone.  While I disagree with some of what he stood for (or at least his method of standing for it), he did stand for something other than himself; neither of the two most recent candidates appeared to be so inclined.