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Don't take this wrong since he says he wouldn't want it to apply to him and others who have served two terms. The biggest problem is that he wants the President to take some time off between his second and third term and to be re-elected before the third term. I guess he wants a full four years of rest for them.
I wonder how he plans to deal with the person elected between the two terms.
I also wonder if he thinks he can get a few more years in the White House with him being the first gentleman.
Actually Scarborough said that he thought "some time off then you could come back".
Clinton said last year in a similar interview, with the same people, that he thought a third and fourth term should be allowed without a break.
His point is that people are living longer. John McCain was older then Reagan when he ran for office. People are living longer with all of their faculties.
I could see both good and bad things coming of such things.
Clinton is in his third term right now. Just look at Obama's advisors.
FDR was a disaster and forced the term action limit to be taken.
The far left is exceedingly power hungry. What better way to stack SCOTUS than to stay in office 12 years?
Just what I think Clinton wants to do. He knows most political things better than anybody I know. All his old people are still around and none of them is willing to see anything happen that could blow him away.
As far as the 22nd Amendment is concerned, I always remember how funny I thought that action was when the Republicans wanted so badly to get Eisenhower back for a third term but they had taken away any chance of that to keep Truman from a third term. Now remember, I was a very staunch Democrat at that time.
Yeah, except FDR had been dead six years before the 22nd Amendment was ratified. Facts, how do they work?
If it weren't for the threat of dealing with a continually obstructionist Congress, it seems that a single six or seven year term would allow a President to implement their agenda while not being in constant campaign mode. Plus, we wouldn't be discussing Presidential election two years prior to the actual vote.
It was Truman, and the possibility that he could serve very near 3 terms unless that amendment was passed, not FDR. Yes, FDR had been elected 4 times but the GOP wanted to make sure that they had a chance by forcing Truman out of office.
The Congress the last 6 years of Eisenhower was Democrat and they got along very well. The present Congress could have gotten along with Obama but too many people, not all GOP, wouldn't allow that to happen. Actually Obama is a campaigner and nothing else so using the GOP as the scape goat is very much what he wanted.
The sort of alternate plan he's discussing is similar to some state gubernatorial systems. For example, in Virginia a Governor who serves a term is ineligible to be Governor for the next four years, then is eligible again. In 26 states, after two consecutive terms a Governor is similarly ineligible for the newt four years, then is eligible again. And in Montana and Wyoming, a person may serve as Governor for 8 out of every 16 years.
I wouldn't mind the system Clinton is proposing (or just repealing Presidential term limits altogether) but it isn't something I actively want to see done, either.
I am just very glad that we can't possibly propose and then get passed an amendment to do away with 22 before Obama has served all the time available for him. I don't believe we would have the system we have right now if he gets re-elected, if he allows an election in 2012.
I would rather have Clinton in the WH than Obama again.
I would really hate to have it come down to a choice between those two, but if that were the choice, I'd go for felonious Bill. He should be in prison, but still better than obama
Don't take this wrong since he says he wouldn't want it to apply to him and others who have served two terms. The biggest problem is that he wants the President to take some time off between his second and third term and to be re-elected before the third term. I guess he wants a full four years of rest for them.
I wonder how he plans to deal with the person elected between the two terms.
I also wonder if he thinks he can get a few more years in the White House with him being the first gentleman.
I agree that the 2 term potus should be gotten rid of. instead the potus should never be more than 1 term, and congress should be limited to 1 term of 6 years for senators and 3 terms of 2 years for representitives.
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