The latest polling out of Iowa and New Hampshire has confirmed how slim the odds are that Donald Trump will somehow be denied the Republican nomination, but that’s no reason for candidates supposedly opposed to Trump acting to make it even easier for him to win.

Yes, we are looking at you, Chris Christie. (We’d also look at Asa Hutchinson, but he has not been seen in months.)

As things stand now, Christie could pull off a trick no one else would dare attempt — helping Trump win the nomination as a devoted supporter in 2016, and then turning around and helping him win the nomination as a fierce opponent in 2024.

[Meh. I doubt Christie will even be a factor. Assuming Trump wins Iowa, I’d eat my hat if Christie’s caucus total came to even half of the gap between Trump and the runner up, presumably DeSantis. He might be a bigger factor in New Hampshire, but even then only marginally. Still, that’s a good reason to hang it up, too … irrelevance. — Ed]