Damn 22nd Amendment!

[tritsofme]

I'd take Clinton back in a heartbeat.

The race would not even be close.

[theivoryqueen]

1. that amendment always reeked of anti-dem sentiment.

[NEOBuckeye]

2. There would be no Bush now if not for the 22nd Amendment

Clinton would have utterly and completely destroyed Dubya Bush in 2000.

There's no way the GOP would have even dared to run him. McCain would have had a better chance vs. Clinton, but not by much.

[Wickerman]

4. We might not have had Clinton were there no 22nd Amendment

Reagan would've dottered on for third term, probably not even knowing he was still President, dementia and all and the same buffooons that run the show now would've run it then, just younger versions and older in the lineage. Of course, we never would've had dimson to worry about.

[liberalpragmatist]

8. No, reagan may have run for a third

But not a 4th - he was getting too old and senile by then and I honestly think he would've wanted to retire. Besides, by then the country would've been sick of Reaganomics. Poppy Bush wouldn't have stood a chance and Clinton would still have won in '92.

It's possible, however, that we wouldn't have had JFK - instead an Ike third term, though it's not certain. Ike's health was pretty bad by then.

[Ivan Zero]

3. Damn you, FDR!

hehe ... J/K!

There's little doubt in my mind that without the 22nd Clinton wouldn't be speaking until Thursday night, accepting his 4th nomination.

[Endangered Specie]

5. Actually, Reagan might have been in office until he died

with out the 22nd.

[Ivan Zero]

7. Ugh. Of course you're right.

I can imagine the 2000 election, with Reagan running for his sixth term, despite the fact that he hadn't made a public statement in almost a decade.

Looks like a real double-edged sword here.

[tritsofme]

6. kick

[Liberal Classic]

9. I'll trade you the 22nd...

For the 17th.