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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.



There is a problem with this that I did not think of. During the second term of many presidencies, if Congress doesn't like the President, they just wait him out, and don't bother to try and follow his agenda. That's why more gets done during a president's first term. The problem with this plan is that every term would be like a second term. So, if Congress doesn't want to work with the current President, they can just wait four years for the next one.

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