The thing is, blasphemy ends to be suicidal for someone running in an election. By blasphemy I mean offending against what people see as sacred, and that varies in different times and places. For America, motherhood and the military dead are up there with the flag. Maybe Trump is right, and he could get away with murder, but this is a bit more serious than murder.

What Hillary Clinton does depends on how effective the Sanderites can be in organising to get a left tending Congress. Obama didn't fail to live up to his hopes and ambitions because he was bought off, but because the support on Congress and the streets just wasn't there.