The Trump candidacy continues to collapse–his unfavorable ratings, even among Republicans, are very high, and he hasn't been able to break into the 30% range in polls (even the braindead Rick Perry did that four years ago).  This is a tragedy on many levels:  Trump single-handedly guarantees a Democratic victory, so the longer he lasts, the more confident the Democrats can be that even if they nominate an empty vessel like Clinton, they will still get the votes of almost all Hispanics, women, Asian-Americans and young people.   It bears emphasizing that the other Republican candidates are on the spectrum between appalling and disgusting, with only one or two rising to the level of "fit to be part of civilization."  Meanwhile, Sanders–who in most of Europe would just be a banal social democrat running for office–continues to close in on Clinton, the candidate of the prudent wing of the plutocracy.  (Obviously the Sanders surge is due to the influence of the philosophical vote.)  Interesting times in America.