Should a US president be allowed to run for unlimited terms?
80515
Hell no, 4 more years of Bush and we will all be speaking Chinese and they will do it without droping a bomb.
898695
There is no defined limit of terms in the United States congress. There is however an implication that over time the people or the government may want or need a new face with new ideas and a different perspective. If you can keep with the times, or retain the popular support of the people you are representing you can continue being re-elected over and over again.
538552
You can run for any office, save the Presidency. That is one of the perks for being an American citizen
1162016
That's a good question, and there has been debate over whether to require term limits for Congress.  The President didn't used to have term limits until after FDR.  In favor of no term limits, experience is very useful and congressmen can be ousted during election periods. On the other hand, it's easier for an incumbent to win.  The President has A LOT more power in a single person than a single congressman does, and that's probably the main reason the Presidency was given term limits already and Congress was not.
221187
i woman of corse yes.BUT  child...no i dont think that a child would ever be mature enough and have to knowledge and political strength to ever lead a country...unless the child has the mind of a grown person lol...anyways its against the rules...a person has to be at least 35 to even run for president.
27197
He can't be elected to another term. There's no way to covertly assume that power, and the act of assuming the authority to run again would turn off enough voters that he'd lose the election.
1165861
I am very much in favor of term limits.  Our congress saw fit to limit the term of the presidency.  I strongly feel the same limits should applied to all elected offices at all levels. Yes, even the dog catcher if he is elected.  This will be the only way we can ever eleminate the professional politician.  Look at the mess we are now in because of these people.  Examples: Byrd of West Virginia, Kennedy of Mass., Graham of Florida, and last but not least Harry Ried.  They have been there so long that they think it is their right.  They have made our congress their Kingdoms.  We are, in essence, being held hostage by uncompromising professional politicians who never say "I support this issue because that is what my constiruents wish me to do." No it is "I feel that" or in "MY" opinion, or "I" this or that.  Why are they hollering about the national debt and actively seeking a pay raise for themselves. No one holding elective office should be allowed to receive a pay rasie during the term they were elected for.  They knew what the pay was before they campaigned for the job.  I have got a little of the subject of limiting the terms of office.  However, we must clean our government if we are to survive.  The initial step should to throw out the lot now there and institute a system that will not allow them back and will instead put people there who are everyday people with the disire to help everyday people.  What we now have is a very exclusive club which only admits the "haves" and continues to develope methods and means to exclude the "have nots."  Three things describe our current legislators. to many, to much, to long.
874290
Not in this time and era. I would like just one person to be for the people that was elected by the people. Great leadership is non existent in today's America. All I have left to do is pick by party, and pick the lesser of the two evils. Good question.
1164872
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected four\ntimes in a row, because he was an outstanding President. He died during his fourth term having complications from Polio.\n\nIt was later, that a Constitutional Ammendment was added, which restricted a President to serve no more than two terms.
549158
Only one, FDR.  That was before the 2 term limit.  He served 4 terms for 12 years, and died in office.\n\nBefore Franklin D Roosevelt, serving 8 years was just a tradition.  It started with George Washington, and people were so impressed that a man could just give up power, that they expected it of all presidents.\n\nNow the limit is 8 years.
96605
Running for what office? You can obviously run as much as you want if you're not successfully elected. \n\nA U.S. president can only be elected for two terms total, if that's what you mean.
933191
This is a really good question. The answer is "Yes & No."\n\nWhen running in the Primaries, yes, a number of candidates (like Richard Gephardt and others) were on the ballot for the party's nomination for President as well as for another seat (in Gephardt's case, a seat in the House).\n\nAfter the party nominates a person for the presidency, that person can still, technically be on the ballot for another office; but it would be political suicide for him/her to do it, because it would send the voters the message, that the person didn't fancy his/her chances of being elected to the presidency, and was looking for a back-up job.\n\nSo while technically possible, it's not politically possible.\nAnd if the unthinkable happened, and a person won two jobs (say, Senator, and President) the person would have to choose to give up one, because the Constitution forbids anyone from holding more than one federal office at a time.
278587
Get a bunch of honest people in every state to run for office and actually win. Another more realistic approach would be putting term limits on senator. This would deter cronyism with corporations because usually when one first enters office they are honest and idealistic but after a while they forget why they are there and who they really answer too. However I don't think many senators would willingly vote to put a limit on there term.
993561
We need to abolish the party system entirely forcing every candidate to run as an independent and let all people have an equal fair chance at getting into office by running on the issues and only the issues. Also we need collective lifetime term limits of four to five times being elected to any office. This must be done to eliminate Carrier politicians which exist in both parties that have been permanently bought.
366243
No, he cannot.  A President, as far as anyone knows, CAN be Vice President after he serves two terms as President.  However, if the President would step down or die in office, the Vice President could NOT serve as President, since he has reached his Constitutional limit.
946197
They are called elections.  There is nothing in the Constitution to limit terms for Senators and Representatives.  A state tried to limit the terms of its Congressmen, but the US Supreme Court struck it down as US Congressmen are federal officials and beyond the scope of a state.  If you want a stated term limit beyond elections, there would have to be an amendment to the Constitution (this was done for the President).  Considering how this was received in the past, I don't see it any time soon.
584066
yah sure... but the thing is the president should not from the regular politician. he should be an youth. a fresher or 2 to 3 yrs work experience is prefersble. they knew the problems. the old ppl only drain us...