I've been a registered Democrat since 1964.  I agreed with most of the Democatic platform planks over the years. I've opposed some.  I've supported most Democratic candidates.  I've opposed some.  I'm enough of a contrarian that if anyone told me what to do, I'd be practically guaranteed to NOT do it.

I'm disgusted with the way the DNC treated Bernie Sanders and I predict there will be a real "shake up" in the Party. There needs to be.  

With the huge impact of money on politics, I think many (OK, most) politicians, including Democrats, have "lost their way.".....what the hell is a progressive Democrat doing making hundreds of thousands of dollars speaking to Wall Street bankers?  

I do feel it is time for the Democratic Party to reassess and decide what it wishes to be.  But, unlike you, I still have hope that, especially with the involvement of the young Sanders' supporters, the Party can "find its way" to be, once again, a progressive/liberal force in America. I certainly hope so