It would seem that #Republicans are locked in the past, in the glory days of #JohnBoehner and #PaulRyan, when they were winning big, important elections. It's the same past that #Democrats were locked in circa 1983 (40 years ago; see <https://medium.com/@robla/carter-populism-trump-b74df78707e9>) during the days of #CarlAlbert and #TipONeill . If the 40-year pattern continues, just how well will the very weak candidate the Republicans put forward when he (or she) tries to make an issue of the incumbent's age?