Trump’s Re-Election Edge Is Greatly Exaggerated

Few stories are more irresistible than those that take on the conventional wisdom and come from an unexpected source. Doug Sosnik, a smart operative in Bill Clinton’s White House, provided both with a column this month suggesting that Donald Trump is well-positioned for re-election. …

Sosnik’s column has led to panicked calls from some Democrats and to provocative chatter on politics sites like FiveThirtyEight, while Trumpites, not surprisingly, welcomed his analysis.

It’s all interesting — and irrelevant. Informed speculation awaits answers to these five questions: CONT.

Albert R. Hunt, Bloomberg View