With impeachment looming, both Republicans and Democrats are anxious about 2020
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is close to being impeached by the House. His party just lost two gubernatorial races in conservative states and control of the Virginia Legislature. House Republicans have been stampeding toward retirement.
It looks like Democrats are on a roll, but you wouldn't know it from the high-anxiety mood of the party.
Republicans are no calmer. They worry about their mercurial president and the impact he could have on races down the ballot in 2020. Party strategists doubt they can win back a majority in the House. Some fear they could lose control of the Senate.
The result, as Washington moves toward an impeachment showdown, is a rare chapter in American politics when members of both parties seem wracked with insecurity.
Among Democrats, there's been
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