Friday, October 28, 2005

2nd term limits?

Given that the presidency is a marathon, that the second term is known for lethargic policy and the obligatory scandal and that the second term is really just a reward for a good first term, should we consider limiting our presidents to one term? I am not calling for a law here. And I do recognize that getting your guy into the presidency is hard enough that keeping him in for a second (when certainly that is easier) seems like a good idea. But isn't there some way we could change the tradition? (e.g. insert the VP as a candidate for the second term, thereby carrying the momentum but bringing fresh ideas and people.)

That is enough run on sentences for one morning. Discuss among yourselves.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

That's be great. Then we could elect a lame duck and have all the bad stuff in the first term.

11:46 AM, October 28, 2005  

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