One term, that's it. That way, once a person becomes President, he can stop campaigning and start governing?
Instead of the President turning the Super Bowl pre-game into his own personal stump speech?
If you disagree with the six years part, but agree with the one term only part, how long would you make the term?
Sounds like most of the opposition is to the idea of "six" years.
Anonymous
Jimmy Carter suggested that, perhaps because he had a hunch he might not win re-election. It was not a popular idea when he proposed it and I doubt that it will ever be. George W Bush, when he knew he cannot run for another term, proposed such brilliant ideas as privatizing Social Security. It was the start of his downfall. Imagine what may happen under a single 6 year term, someone like Bush, who was put in the White House by the Supreme Court, can pretty much do anything he wanted, since he did not have to worry about re-election. Given 6 long years, he might have been able to dismantle Social Security, Medicare, the Endangered Species Act and perhaps the minimum wage. Not a good idea at all.
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That's actually a pretty good idea. I feel with the changes made to the election of senators, we should also give them two-year terms like representatives.
Still, I think the end of the president's term would still be a waste, because most presidents are party guys to the core, and they would just spend 2 years campaigning for the guy they want to succeed them.
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No.
Four years is enough time so that the person in the office isn't running for re-election right as soon as he wins the office, but not long enough to make him feel invulnerable to the will of the people.
I oppose term limits (such as "one term" or "a maximum of 10 years") because that limits the options available to the citizens. Our Constitution currently limits the Presidency to 10 years for any one person.
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How about 1 four year term and 1 two year term
The fact that they face an election keeps them very honest
They want to win
You remove it and they will govern from their ideological corner for the entire term
Anonymous
Sounds like it might be a good idea, but wouldn't it take a constitutional amendment? I think it would, and that's a tough road to hoe.