Biden Wins the GOP Iowa Caucus

The Iowa GOP held its first-in-the-nation caucus on Monday and you know the result: an unprecedentedly large win for the man Joe Biden said he would be “very fortunate” to have for his 2024 opponent. I guess this makes Mr. Biden a winner too.

Here are some dates to add to your 2024 election timeline: May 23, 2022, and Nov. 18, 2022. On these days, an outside ringer hired by a Georgia prosecutor to help with her election case against Mr. Trump met with the Biden White House, according to newly released billing records.

The first meeting came 59 days after Mr. Biden’s unprecedented comments instructing the opposing party who he wanted for his 2024 opponent. It came 51 days after the White House leaked the president’s demand that his own attorney general stop acting like a “ponderous judge” and indict Mr. Trump.

In fulfillment of prophecy, the indictments began to flow and, by general agreement, blasted Mr. Trump to an insurmountable lead in the GOP primary sweepstakes.

A CBS poll in November was a bit of an eye-opener. A plurality of Democratic voters (49% to 23%, with 28% saying the president will make no difference) see an increased likelihood the U.S. will be involved in a war if Mr. Biden is re-elected.

This was Democratic voters anticipating what would happen in a Biden second term. Whereas Republican voters showed a greater confidence in Mr. Trump to “increase peace and stability in the world” (49%) than Biden voters did Mr. Biden (31%).

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