Without a Trump indictment the Democratic Party may have to actually develop a viable platform for hard times and a coherent message that gives desperate people a concrete vision of a better future.
Putting all your eggs in this Russia show was not a good idea. It may take awhile, even a few months, for the disbelief to fade. But it may be too late to convince voters that we have something more to offer than a paler Obama, himself just a hipper, more articulate, and slightly better Bush (corporate lapdog Bush).
If the Democratic Party doesn’t finally (re?)enter social democratic terrain, that party will die with boomers.