Trump has this going for him. He stands to run against Biden again this time around. Biden prevailed against my cousin Dean Phillips and Marianne Williamson by write-in in the unsanctioned Democratic primary. I had hoped Dean might do for Biden what former Minnesota Senator Eugene McCarthy did for LBJ in New Hampshire in 1968, but it was not to be.

Biden is such a weak incumbent that the Democrats have restructured the primary schedule for his benefit. Iowa and New Hampshire are out. South Carolina is in. Democrats have also kept Dean off the ballot in North Carolina and Florida. They are working to keep third-party candidates off the ballot wherever they threaten to make it in the general election — as James Freeman points out in his excellent Best of the Web column “The Anti-Competition Campaign for Biden.” It’s how they do things in Our Democracy™.

Last night’s results will encourage Democrats to stick with their own weak horse. A Trump-Biden rematch is in the offing. Can you feel the excitement?

Biden is a weak general election candidate because he is visibly over the hill and stuck with his own record of weakness, chaos, and destruction. Trump can hark back to his strong record in office. I don’t think the loyalty of the Republican base to Trump or Trump’s strong record in office will be enough, but we shall see.

[I think it’s all but inevitable now. Both parties are determined to stand by their incumbents. — Ed]