If only the Democrats had a Tea Party.
Six whole years of the Republican Tea Party, and what's the Democrats' response?
1977-1981 would like a word with you on that, and that guy was nowhere near as ridiculously conservative as Obama.
Carter was a bit older than Obama when he became President, and he seemed older too. When he became President, he was a grandfather who had been married for thirty years. In contrast, Obama had finished law school less than 18 years prior to becoming President, and his grandmother lived to see him become the party's nominee.
Carter was also immensely unpopular by the time the most famous Senator in the country, and the Governor of the largest state Democrats controlled decided to run against him. So he wasn't really promising at that point.
