Watch the Dem convention next year and you will see Carter in attendance (if he is physically capable) with a special seat of honor and perhaps delivering a speech.
All this speaks volumes as to where the 'Rats really are on national security.
The GOP may have plenty of problems of its own, but they don't have the baggage and legacy represented by Jimmy Carter (and the Clintons).
At the last convention he lent his special seat to Michael Moore.