I was texting last week with a politically connected friend here in Michigan, and she had one word to describe what increasingly looks like a rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump:

“Yuck.”

She’s far from alone in feeling that way. I hear from readers all the time who express their dismay at the real possibility of two old guys (Biden is 81, Trump 77) bumbling at each other all year.

Democrats seem determined to go down in flames with their candidate, but Republicans still have options – and good ones.

So it boggles my mind that polls keep showing that Republican primary voters seem dead set on once again choosing Trump, despite all his flaws and baggage. That’s true in Iowa, too, where Republicans will hold their first-in-the-nation vote on Monday

I’m just going to assume those polls are wrong, as they often are (recall 2016?). And until the caucus results are counted, I can remain hopeful that the GOP is ready to move on from Trump.

Trump has defied expectations in early polling against Biden, especially in pivotal battleground states. That’s taken some initial fears about his electability off the table. But not entirely. The Real Clear Politics poll averages show Biden closing the........

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