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Term limits for president... (9+ / 0-)

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...was the brain child of Republicans who feared another popular, populist, progressive Democrat serving many terms the way FDR did.

Republicans know that they are unlikely ever to have a Republican president who serves more than two terms and they want to make sure that a popular Democrat never has that chance.

by Rex Manning on Sun Dec 02, 2007 at 10:50:08 PM PDT

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- Are you sure that... (0+ / 0-)
  
  ... Ronald Reagan might not have squeaked in for a third term? I can't say I'm totally confident. I am confident Clinton might have made it for four terms, despite Lewinsky-gate (and I'm making that a Republican scandal, not a Dem one).
  
  by homoaffectional on Mon Dec 03, 2007 at 11:14:20 AM PDT
  
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