Boom and bust: Economy and impeachment capture the forces that will determine Trump’s fate

The House officially delivered to the Senate two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump last week on the same day that the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished above 29,000 points for the first time.

That striking juxtaposition encapsulates the contending forces shaping the presidential race: pervasive doubts about Trump’s values and behavior vs. widespread economic satisfaction. …

The pivotal question of 2020 may be whether the economy lifts Trump just enough to survive the concerns about his conduct and character, or the personal doubts that he’s generated deny him just enough credit for the economy to allow the eventual Democratic nominee to prevail. CONT.

Ronald Brownstein, CNN