JJW1965
Interesting thought you wrote - however even if the House Bill to Repeal Amendment 22 of the Constitution were to be passed by a majority (I believe 2/3ds is required), it would take another seven years for it to become a part of the Constitution and Law.
George Bush will have expired his term limit by that time and therefore would not be eligible to continue his Presidency. If the Repeal were to become legal, he could however campaign again to run for the Office. This is all speculation.
Someone questioned the fact that the proponents of the new Bill were Democrats and I wanted to write why:
Clinton Eyes 22nd Amendment Repeal - Again
For the second time since he left the White House, ex-president Bill Clinton has engaged in open speculation about repealing the 22nd Amendment barring presidents from seeking a third term.
"I think since people are living much longer ... the 22nd Amendment should probably be modified to say two consecutive terms instead of two terms for a lifetime," Clinton told an audience at Boston's John F. Kennedy Presidential Library on Wednesday.
"There may come a time when we elect a president at age 45 or 50, and then 20 years later the country comes up against the same kind of problems the president faced before," he said, according to a Reuters report. "People would like to bring that man or woman back but they would have no way to do so."
In Sept. 2001, Clinton told reporters in Las Vegas that "some constitutional experts think it is possible" that he could run for a third term regardless of the 22nd Amendment prohibition.
"I would probably do well," he added, in comments picked up by the Las Vegas Weekly. Clinton said he thought he could have won a third term based on what he said was his 65 percent job approval rating when he left office.
"Clinton had obviously researched the subject," the paper observed, reporting that he spoke "for five minutes about constitutional law and academic studies about the prospect" of revising the 22nd Amendment.
Others have suggested that the best way for Clinton to win a third term would be to have him run as Mrs. Clinton's vice president, then "inherit" the Oval Office upon her death.
"The other day, someone lofted a weird proposition that bears thinking about," Clinton friendly gossip columnist Liz Smith mused last May.
"This scenario posited that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton would eventually run for president and her vice presidential candidate would be Bill Clinton." Smith said the hypothetical pairing raised "an interesting constitutional question. Should the hypothetical President Hillary die in office, would her husband be allowed to ascend to the Oval Office again?
"Several smarties I know say it would be "legally possible," the gossip maven claimed.
Removing Hillary from the picture is a popular theme with some of the ex-president's biggest supporters.
Hope this clears up the strange inner workings of the political minds in Washington for you.
Wednesday's Child
