I've been worried that their response will go too far and lag the situation, but the economy has been pretty resilient thus far. Seems like the Q4 GDP print will be solid. That, plus the labor market & wage growth holding up, probably emboldens them
Having at least some misplaced documents seems like something that happens to most presidents and VPs. Unless highly sensitive material that jeopardizes our national security falls into foreign hands (and especially if it's willingly given), I'm not sure it's too big of a scandal