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Rob Kamphausen said:
i'd prefer a combo, actually.
i don't think a president should be limited to two terms. however i do think a president should not be allowed to run in consecutive terms.
during the fourth year, the president spends (wastes) so much time defending his own policies, campaigning, making new promises, etc ... all of which should be time spent being president.
by disallowing consecutive terms, you can ensure that you'll get four solid years of presidenting. and, if that president is especially good and, thus, popular, you can revote him into office every other term, forever.
The problem with this is that people have short memories. Yeah, they'll love him for four years, but if he has to wait four years after that term to run for office, people will forget about him, unless he spends all four years campaigning - and as G-Man said, that will only increase the amount of partisan vitriol we have to put up with.
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