Former President Donald Trump's second primary# victory last n more likely that this year's race for# president will be a rematch of 2020.

GEOFF BENNETT: But while Mr. Trump and President## Biden are already setting# fo rmer U.N.

Ambassador Nikki Haley is reminding# We 're joined now by Democratic strategist# Michael Meehan, a former longtime aide to## Democratic members of Congress, and# Republican strategist Kevin Madden,## who advised Mitt Romney's presidential campaign.

It's great to have you both here.

So, Donald T the Iowa caucuses and the New# Hampshire primary.

Here's a bit## of what the former president had to# say last night in his victory speech.

DONALD TRUMP, Former President of the# United States (R) and Current U.S. they are so bad at what they're doing and# so evil and they're destroying our country.

GEOFF BENNETT: So, he says,# "We're going to win this."

But looking at the voter percent of Republicans who cast ballots in the New# Hampshire primary said they'd be so dissatisfied## with Donald Trump as a general election candidate# that they wouldn't even vote for him.

And## 15 percent of Republicans who participated# in the Iowa caucuses said the same thing.

How does Donald Trump unify the party and move## ahead to a general election# with those kind of numbers?

KEVIN MADDEN, Republican Strategist: You're r right now, what really energizes them# is Donald Trump being this fighter who## can take on the perceived excesses of# the left and fight against Joe Biden,## everything that he's done wrong and where -- the# ways took the country in the wrong direction.

But at the same time, one of the big challenges# he has is that a lot of more moderate,## pragmatic voters, swing voters, they# are very upset with the idea that he is## constantly relitigating the 2020 election# and he is constantly looking backwards.

So the path forward, the way to unify the# party and really win over swing voters,## if he's going to win the general# election in November, has to be## focused on a more future-oriented message# about the issues that people care about.

Now, he's going to have his own way of talking# about those issues, but the economy, immigration,## national security, foreign policy problems that we# have or challenges that we have around the globe,## really focus on those and where he# wants to take the country in the future.

GEOFF BENNETT: The other big story of# the night was President Biden got votes as a write-in candidate who didn't# even compete in New President Barack Obama did back in 2012, when# he did contest that primary in New Hampshire.

How does the Biden campaign build# on that momentum moving forward,## especially with this new shakeup in# the leadership of their campaign?

MICHAEL MEEHAN, Democratic# Consultant: Well, I think you## Senator Shaheen, Senator Hassan put a# big effort in to making sure that J Biden didn't finish out on top.

And that's the# kind of things that happen -- that's going to## help you win a close election.

We have seen# since Trump stacked the court an abortion rights for women all across this# country that there's been about a 10 or## 11 percent more performance on Election# Day for Democrats in competitive races.

And so I think last night was a big win for# Joe Biden.

He wasn't even on the ballot.## He beat Barack Obama, who walked across# water when he was runnin (LAUGHTER) but the organization is worth a couple# of points.

And in a couple-of-point race,## like he beat Trump last time,# that's a very important thing.

GEOFF BENNETT: Nikki Haley faces a lot of# questions about the vi since there's little evidence that she has major## support in the primaries and the# caucuses Realistically, is there anything that she can# do to boost her standing between now and then?

KEVIN MADDEN: Well, look, I# think the biggest challenge## that she's going to have is Th ey right now are funding the building of# an infrastructure and a campaign that has## lost double-digit in the first two contests.# And she's going to have to present a plan to## the donors much like a business plan,# which is, here's the way going forward,## and here's where I start, offering details# about where you win and how you take t momentum into the bigger part of the# calendar, where you have 16 contests## all the way up until I think it's March# 19, right -- March 5 and then March 19.

So she really has to make a case that she# can win somewhere there, because, otherwise,## it's really hard to make the case to keep the# resources going.

And in places like Florida,## where this campaign, if it's going to continue on,## it's going to have to compete, it's# like $3 million a week to co So you really do have to consolidate# your support amongst your donors if## you're going to get the volunteer and voter# enthusiasm -- donors.

If you're going to get## the volunteer and voter enthusiasm that# you're going to need to win somewhere.

GEOFF BENNETT: President Biden, who# walked the picket lines last year## with striking autoworkers today, picked up the# He re's some of what he told that group today.

JOE BIDEN, President of the United# States: The days of working people## being dealt out of a deal (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) JOE BIDEN: Working people are going to get their fair share.

You have earned GEOFF BENNETT: So how will that endorsement and# more importantly his message of economic populism,## how will that boost his effort to# reach out to voters in Michigan## and working-class Americans who# really have comprised that blue## wall that Democrats need to keep# in order to win the White House?

MICHAEL MEEHAN: Yes.

was tell people that you're going to be cut in on# this deal too.

Keep me in office and we're going## to make sure that the prosperity that people at# the top are seeing and all across the country,# they're going to see it when you go to work every# day and take a shower and you come hom Those are the kind of voters# that Joe Biden resonates with.## That's how he won the first time.# That GEOFF BENNETT: I want to play for you, Kevin,## a bit of w NIKKI HALEY (R), Presidential# Candidate: Most Americans do## not want a rematch between Biden and Trump.

AUDIENCE: No!

is going to be the party that wins this election.

GEOFF BENNETT: So the polling actually# bears out the first part of what she## said is that most Americans aren't thrilled# about the pr And here we are facing the# longest general election in## history.

Which campaign is helped by# that?

Which campaign is hurt by KEVIN MADDEN: By the length of the campaign.

GEOFF BENNETT: Yes.

is, they're grueling not only emotionally, but# they're grueling and they're taxing physically.

And I think Joe Biden, one of the criticisms# that many voters have is that he doesn't seem## like he's up to the job and up to the task.# And so I think the more this campaign drags on## and the more intense it gets and the travel and# the tone and tenor that Trump is going to set,## where he's going to be very aggressive during this# campaign, I think it works to Trump's advantage.

And I think that's one of the things that a# lot of voters right now see when they worry## about the prospects of Joe Biden# inside the Democratic coalition.

GEOFF BENNETT: And yet the Biden# campaign and the White House are## trying to focus on issues.

The Whit That's the Texas woman at the center# of that high-profile abortion case.## She will be the guest of first lady Jill# Biden at the State of the Union MI CHAEL MEEHAN: Yes, I think the# White House is doing right on that,## because women across this country# will not tell a pollster that I'm## not going to vote for somebody once# their rights have been taken away.

And we have seen, when they actually go and# vote, they go and vote f they go and vote for Joe Biden, because# Donald Trump doesn't talk about this anymore,# but he talked for the first half of this# campaign about the three justices he put# on that overturned Roe v. Wade.

He's not# talking about that because he' He should be scared, because the# silent majority of those women have## come out and have elected Democrats# in really red states and reall places in the last two-and-a-half# years since the ruling came down.

GEOFF BENNETT: Michael Meehan, Kevin# Madden, thank you both.

Ap MICHAEL MEEHAN: Thank you.