WASHINGTON _ Donald Trump is set to become the first president to be impeached and go on to pursue a second term after Wednesday's vote in the U.S. House.
But the aftermath of the historic congressional rebuke may ultimately bear a bigger impact on the immediate state of the Democratic primary than a general election that's more than 10 months away.
Trump's impeachment trial, which is expected to take place in January, could inject unprecedented uncertainty into an already fluid Democratic campaign, causing a logistical nightmare for some senators and forcing candidates to contend with an attention-hogging process at the moment they're making their final pitches in early-voting states such as Iowa and New Hampshire.
