New Hampshire should have been the state most predisposed to Nikki Haley, the one she could win. Instead, last night she lost to Donald Trump by 11 points. Her campaign insists she has not yet begun her fight against Trump—but, well, she’s wrong. She’s not going to beat him. “General election 2024 is underway,” Ben Mathis-Lilley writes. “May God help us all.”

So! To mark the spiritual start of the 2024 general election, David Faris examines the flaws in Biden’s strategy, identifies lessons the president needs to take away from 2017 and 2012, and lays out how he should refocus his campaign.

Plus: Alexander Sammon looks at why Dean Phillips is “ready to keep this baby going,” even after losing to Biden in a race where he wasn’t even on the ballot.

And What Next considers how Trump managed to turn multiple indictments into a nigh-unassailable lead in the Republican primary.

Speaking of the general election … we’ve learned a lot in the years since Jan. 6, but so have democracy’s opponents. A new documentary that premiered at Sundance on Monday,........

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