Jimmy Carter never quite went away.
Heck, what about Bill Clinton?? He never went away either.
Barack Obama will never go away either. For decades to come, he’s going to be out there. I’m sure he and Michelle have learned a lot from the Clintons, about how to parlay the presidency into a family foundation and all that, and how to become fabulously wealthy using their status and connections.
The recipe is to keep wifey on the edge of power, so that donors can always be hopeful of a big payoff.