Your thoughts on term limits.

[Star_Cards]

I'd even go as far as to say that supreme court justices should have a term limit. I don't think it should be as regular as a 2 or 4 year term, but a lifetime seat seems a bit ridiculous.

[andrewhoya]

I dont think there should be a limit.

[Wickabee]

I'm fine with the presidential term limit or four years. I think less or more would be bad. I do think that they should limit the length of the primary campaigns. There's no reason to have it so long. I get that they need time to campaign before preliminaries, but I think all of the primaries should be done in about 6 months. I also think that at some point in the primaries if a person holds another political office that they should step down to run for office. I'm not sure if that is exactly fair or practical but they were voted in to do a job and are paid to do that job and not off campaigning for another office.

I'm also a huge proponent of term limits for all other federal politicians and probably state to that matter. The fact that some people get in to an office and stay there until they die isn't good for the system. I think term limits would be very beneficial.

Ugh, primaries. I totally agree there should be a definite end point. Santorum thinks it's half-time? Give me a break. Having primaries drag out does nothing but hurt the party as a whole. Santorum and Romney each go on about how the other is the wrong candidate, but one of them is going to be the candidate, so they're really just splitting the party and feeding off themselves. It's almost sad.

[whereisreggienobl]

FDR was elected 4 times, and then the laws were changed. You sit as president longer than 8 years, and you start to resemble a king. Americans dont like kings.

Agreed 100% with whoever called for term limits on congress. Its absurd

[andrewhoya]

FDR was elected 4 times, and then the laws were changed. You sit as president longer than 8 years, and you start to resemble a king. Americans dont like kings.

Agreed 100% with whoever called for term limits on congress. Its absurd

If you dont like kings then you vote them out in the next election.

[whereisreggienobl]

If you dont like kings then you vote them out in the next election.

nah they wrote it in law for a reason. Americans are celebrity starstruck individuals. Obama is a rock star, and he's barely 50. If there weren't term limits, and the republicans kept offering ridiculous choices like willard mitt romney, newt & santorum every 4 years, then obama would be in office for the next quarter century.

[andrewhoya]

nah they wrote it in law for a reason. Americans are celebrity starstruck individuals. Obama is a rock star, and he's barely 50. If there weren't term limits, and the republicans kept offering ridiculous choices like willard mitt romney, newt & santorum every 4 years, then obama would be in office for the next quarter century.

Unless another Dem came up. Anyways, if all the Republicans were idiots, wouldnt Obama be the better choice?

[Wickabee]

nah they wrote it in law for a reason.

Yes, the Republicans wanted to make sure a Democrat could never hold the seat that long again.

[whereisreggienobl]

Unless another Dem came up. Anyways, if all the Republicans were idiots, wouldnt Obama be the better choice?

well nobody has challenged an incumbent since carter, so that's not even in my lifetime. personally, i would prefer that happened.

I think politicians are so corruptible that every 4-8 years they should clean house. Like maybe 6-8 years max in any position. Same with all local and state govt. You either get elected to a new position when your max runs out, or you do something else. I'm sure most of them start out with good intentions, but by the time they're 15-20 years in it, they have no clue who they represent. They forget they work for the citizens.

Yes, the Republicans wanted to make sure a Democrat could never hold the seat that long again.

True, but they also made sure they couldn't either.

[mrveggieman]

the republicans kept offering ridiculous choices like willard mitt romney, newt & santorum every 4 years, then obama would be in office for the next quarter century.

I wouldn't be mad at that at all.