The Democrats always want their nominee to be JFK or Obama–young, vigorous, articulate, and charismatic. For their part, the GOP thinks every election is a rerun of 1980; their candidate is the always optimistic Ronald Reagan, who believes that cutting government at home and projecting power abroad will lead to an American Renaissance, while the Democrat is the weak, ineffectual Jimmy Carter. How is that working in 2023?
If the Democrat wins, he will be the oldest president in history. The GOP nominee is likely to be an angry man with no respect for constitutional norms who wants to take America back to the past from a grim present by oppressing half the country. In addition, Biden refuses to play the Carter role; inflation is subsiding, and we are more than holding our own in Ukraine.
Is it any wonder nobody is excited about a Biden-Trump rematch?