Term limits are good, and Canada is an example of why we need them.
We had the same prime minister -- Jean Chretien of the Liberal Party -- for 12 years straight. He got reelected over and over not because he was competent or even that people liked him, but because the old conservatives had split on an east-west basis into two rival parties, neither of which could threaten the Liberal Party's reign of power. It wasn't until just a year ago that the conservatives finally got their act together and merged the two parties back together to form the new Conservative Party that the Liberals' power was ever threatened. This enabled the corrupt Liberals, headed by Jean Chretien, to retain power despite numerous scandals involving the misuse of millions of Canadian taxpayer's dollars.
I'm not saying that term-limits would've necessarily reformed the Liberal Party, but things have been much better since Chretien finally resigned and was replaced by his longtime rival, Paul Martin. And they no longer have a majority government, which is also very good.
So I do think term limits are good. You let politicians be in charge for too long, and eventually they begin thinking of themselves as royalty, as if they belong there.
