Presidental Conditions. Options

[-sincerely]

Today, in my smart people class, we were learning about China. And all the sudden, we started talking about how like, some people believe that the President of the USA should term for 6 years, but NOT be able to run again. What do you think? That, or 4 years but being able to run again?

[Soleil]

Canada has terms of 4-5 years and then they can run again. I like it that way.

[kimmytree]

Hmm. I'm not sure. It seems like with our presidents, they always seem to be fakey for their first term, because they know they need to get re-elected. But when their 2nd term rolls around, they do things differently because they dont have to worry about getting elected again.

I think we should stick to 4 years though. That way, if a majority of the country is dissatisfied with a president, they wont have to wait as long to re-elect someone else.

[silly ol' man]

I don't think one-term politics is a good idea for the executive. If we had that system, presidents would be more prone to push the envelope when it comes to defying public sentiments. We would essentially have nothing but "lame duck" presidents with every new election -- but as opposed to only having to deal with it for four years, we'd have to put up with it for six.

[viugiufgjhfhjfhg...]

I do like the way USA's presidential terms are defined, and I honestly don't see the need to change that. Eight years (if the president wins a second election) seem sufficient time for an Administration to define and apply their political agenda for the short and mid term.

Where I come from, we had the same party and the same president in government for 22 years. Their project became kind of stuck around the second term, corruption cases flourished all over the third and fourth term, and the 6th one only lasted 2 years before everything went to hell in a handbasket.

[sweetangel2128]

I think we should stick to 4 years.