I think what's being swatted down as "elite opinion" from NYT/Crooked types is actually the piercing of a bubble from below. Most voters haven't wanted Biden to run again for literally years.
I think there’s also some vicariousness(?) happening in the past few years. A lot of these elites are *also* very old and have also slowed down and are also defensive/insecure about retirement. I speculate that Joe faceplanting has their insecurity turned up to 11.
