Will the 22nd amendment be abolished and term limits ended?

Politic is a career... And becoming President is the pinnacle of that career. I don't feel that it is necessary to have terms limits. You still have elections between terms. As long as people get off their bum and vote... you can kick him out any time you like. Of course now... if you suspect that your elections are not totally democratic... and some hanky panky is going on behind close doors... then it could be a worry... as you would never get him out of there. And most Presidents manage to serve their whole terms... Don't they? It might be a worry. lol What you have to remember is that... this wonderful constitution of yours... gives the same rights to the President than to the rest of you. Freedom to do whatever he likes. lol

Of course he wants the term limits abolished, then Obama can be president for as long as he wants. That is what the democrats want and that will mean a dictatorship. And it will probably pass unless someone stops it. We have been warned that Obama was dangerous and an all Democratic congress, house, and senate is disasterous. Can you say facism?

If he wants to change the US Constitution then lets have a constitutional convention and let the people decide. Term limits only apply to the office of the President. I say change it to include the Congress and Judges. Let us have a yes or no vote on judges. Looking at some of the riduculus decisions by judges some of them need to be removed.

We need fresh minds. Term limits ensure that the idiotic voter base doesn't keep electing the same morons to the same position. I would actually like to see more term limits, instead of less.

I'm with you, Dragon. Not only do I oppose an end to term limits, I support the notion of adding term limits to the offices that don't have them yet, such as congress. I think the fact that there are no term limits on congressmen is the single biggest problem with our government today. Our congressmen are barely held accountable for the decisions they make, because it is highly likely that they will keep getting elected over and over and over again no matter what they do. Almost all incumbents are elected. People probably don't even research their candidates anymore - just vote for the guy who is already there or the guy that has the right letter after his name. Unfortunately, I don't think we will ever have term limits in congress, because what congressmen would vote to end his own career sooner?

I knew this would come up sooner or later. Obama's just the type to make himself permanent Dictator-In-Chief, a la Hugo Chavez. We can only pray that once again, this bill fails to become reality.

Hello Dragon, I certainly hope that the bill gains no traction this time around ... either. Though, we can't rule out any legislative initiatives with the current D.C. reality of one party-rule, equating to zero checks and balances of ideological leanings. Let us remember that certain state Congressional term limits were only overturned 13 years ago, in 1995. Still, the citizen clammor for term limits is as much a reality now as ever. For those who'd like to explore the issue further, below is a link to a site which may be of interest. http://www.termlimits.org/ According to polling done by the CATO institute, "Some 80 percent of Americans support term limits for Congress, while inside the Beltway there is a visceral hatred of the concept.... The recent five-to-four Supreme Court ruling overturning congressional term limits imposed by 23 states, while regrettable, has at least helped focus the debate over the nature of government in America as we approach the 21st century." http://www.cato.org/pubs/policy_report/pr-mj-pm.html *** I would urge all to read the above link. It is a news story from 1995, and is remarkably applicable to today's realities! It goes to show how impervious to any fundamental 'change' in the game of 'politics as usual' Washington, D.C. really is. If someone reads the Federalist and the Anti-Federalist papers it becomes nearly impossible to walk away from the experience without a clear understanding of just how deeply our Founders & Framers disrepected and distrusted the bane of their vision -- the career politician. As for Jose Serrano: This is not the first time that he has proposed the abolition of the 22nd Amendment. "In 2005, Serrano introduced a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as president." http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Jos%E9-E.-Serrano Serrano introduced similar bills in 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2009. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Serrano Of course, Serrano is no stranger to controversy: "Serrano is an advocate of ending the embargo on Cuba and for 'English Plus' which would encourage Americans to become bilingual. " http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Jos%E9-E.-Serrano [i]"Representative José E. Serrano, a Bronx Democrat — went out of his way to actually praise the Cuban leader today." In a news release, Mr. Serrano, 64, who was born in Mayaguez, P.R., and is the most senior member of Congress of Puerto Rican descent, (he) said the decision “proves Castro’s critics wrong yet again.”" [/i] http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/19/congressman-serrano-praises-castro/ What about Joseph Serrano on Hugo Chavez: "In 2005, while the Venezuelan President was in New York City speaking before the United Nations, the congressman invited him to his district to speak to his constituency." "Congressman Serrano has been a critic of the Bush administration's approach to handling President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Serrano Based on my rudimentary search of Joseph (Jose) Serrano's history, it would seem that he is enamored with two-bit dictators who managed to wrestle liberty from the clutching grip of their brow-beaten citizens. One could argue that there is no surprise behind Joseph Serrano's repeated effort to fundamentally transform our system of government. In fact, some might argue that he is a communist sympathizer who has demonstrated persistence in his goal to transform this country into a model closer to his idealized goal. And, it would be a tough argument to counter based on Mr. Serrano's public dossier. He has been very publicly open about his views & goals.

I saw that bill and posted it here in January. I think the term limits should stay and politicians should not be paid. Lets really see who is a civil servant.

Since it's a Constitutional Amendment it would take a great deal of support to get passed. We still don't even have an Equal Rights Amendment! As far as the founding fathers go, there's a lot of things they never intended such as women or blacks being allowed to vote. Seriously, I doubt it would ever pass and the truth is it always depends who's in office how some people feel about it. I heard a lot of Republicans say they wished Reagan could serve a third term and Democrats say the same about Clinton. I'm sure there were even a few who said it about George Bush as well but they probably didn't say it very loud...lol! Annie

This gets introduced every few legislative sessions but it never gets off the ground. I doubt it will this time, even if it manages to pass both houses, it will never get through enough state legislatures to be amended.

Well, with 60% of the Senate voting one way it could get through the Senate with ease. If it ever did stand a chance of passing, this would be the best time to try it. What a bunch of sickos. We may as well make that crown of thorns into a real crown huh. Shalom~Adoniah