Quote:

rex said:
Most the country doesn't even want gay marriage, let alone a gay president.



wull there goes my hopes for you as "running mate" !

Quote:

Darknight613 said:
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



a four year "leave" will allow the public to fully assess what that individual did as president, rather than what we have now: three presidential years, one year spent trying to make the public forget mistakes from the first three in time to start up again. thats a solid year wasted on being president.

in that fourth year, everything about the president changes. all of his speeches, even those 12 months prior to election, have a different tint to them. in modern times, we call that hope "lying," and its delightfully equal on both sides of the fence. forcing the president out after a four year period will address that directly.

further, it ensures a change in power all the time, never allowing a grouping to dominate the country for an 8 year run. at worst, a new face will take over. but as seen from reagan to bush, clinton to gore, dubya to cheney, gore to kerry, even those who are politically "like-minded" are vastly different. this will always give the public something new to push for.

giant picture