Can there be a recall election for the Presidency in US?
553462
There is no provision in the Constitution for a recall election.  The only process for removal of a sitting president is through impeachment, OR a determination by the Vice-President and a majority of the cabinet that the President is "unable to discharge the the powers and duties of his office,"  In either case the Vice-President would take over as acting president.   Think about it.
139725
Yes he can, but chances are that he won't even try.  Once you've lost the presidential primary, your chances of ever winning the office are very slim.
503216
No. The congress is full of self-serving re-election whores. Presidents are a hit-or-miss proposition, and even they can't do anything without compromising on principle with the Congress.\n\nFor example, Social Security is a disaster waiting to happen, but because it is solvent now, no Congressman will touch it, lest they lose the next election because of upset voters. So they kick the problem down the road. They will only do the right thing if it aligns with their polls.\n\nSame with agricultural welfare. Same with the Cuba embargo. Etc.\n\nThey also curtail our rights, like eliminating our political voices by the Campaign Finance reform.\n\nThey also illegally spend the public monies. The Constitution is very specific on the limits of what the government can and cannot do. Charitably taking money from my pocket to give to another (and get their vote) is clearly unauthorized and illegal in any but the most distorted interpretation of the Constitution, but there it is.\n\nSo, no, I do not trust my government.
267448
I think that would be very beneficial to the US, to simply give a test before they can even begin to run. They would have to make sure it was from a bias party, and that would be the hard part. I mean how many crazy presidents have had, and do have. You would think they would have thought of this, but then crazy people do not think they are crazy.
53780
Only the US House of Representatives can impeach the President. The Republicans hold a majority in the House, so it's not very likely.
808622
Uh, no- Bush was elected for his second 4 year term.  Bush will be forced out of office by law in 2 more years.  A person can only be president 2 times, then they're banned for life by federal law
1030212
I think we should ban from this election anyone who has ever run for the presidency before and anyone who is related to anyone who has either been president or run for president. That will leave the field clear for someone new and different.
648077
Since you have a bunch of conflicting answers, allow me to weigh in on the correct one, which is B.  The election will occur in 2004; however, the term to which he was elected in 1998 will not actually expire until January 3, 2005 (the new Congress convenes on the 3rd of January in every odd year), just as the President's term of office will expire on January 20, 2009.
178340
Wow! These liberals never cease to amaze me.\n\nNo, a President cannot remain in office after a second term for ANY reason. Section 1 of the 22nd Amendment states:\n\n"No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term."\n\nNow, the danger lies in electing someone like Al Gore or John Kerry whose main concern is what the United Nations thinks. Both have stated that they would work in close cooperation with the United Nations. And if you think we have problems now, wait until Kofi Annan is calling the shot in our country.
633741
It is possible, but highly unlikely this would happen.  There are thousands who would love to be president.  It is the American Dream to grow up and be president.
264606
It will happen near the mid term elections in November. \nThe Bush administration can not afford to lose the House of Representatives. Let's see if this ploy works.
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.
603404
Possible? Yes. Probable? No.\n\nThe politicians in power have redrawn the voting districts to such a degree that many politicians run unopposed, because there's no way anyone else can get enough votes in their districts to unseat them. To get them out, it will take the people who put them in in the first place to stand up and demand a change.\n\nFrankly, I don't see it happening.
1014603
Yes. I guess so but it would never work because Bush would have to be charged with a felony or general incompetence. I would be struck down not only by Republicans but also by the Democrats. Only two presidents have ever been impeached: Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton
774546
Yes! A Republican majority in either House will be loudly cheered by the White House as "mandate" of their policies. Whether we want to think of these as local elections or not, the outcome will be a referendum on a national scale.
742116
Not this year. After the Kerry/Bush election they've put poll working on lock down (no cell phones allowed either) until after the polls close so there's no false reporting.
417262
I was asking the same question near the end of Bush Sr's term... things are worse now, than they were then, but I have faith that a good leader can turn things around....\nthere could be problems if a good leader isn't elected...