Even if one convinces oneself that the other ticket was made of sugar and spice and all things nice, one would still have to explain why they preferred losing to Trump rather than winning with Sanders.

Bingo

Sanders was a lot more dangerous to them than Trump. Look at the stock market, do you think this would have happened with Sanders? The DNC ensured that both candidates in the election were good for the plutocracy, which is all they care about.

I expect today's election of the new Democratic Party Chair will answer more questions than it raises.