Quote Originally Posted by mkemse View Post
ok, but even with that what I meant was senators ca not serve more then 2 terms or 8 years like the president and Reps are limited to say 3 2 year terms after that they ca not run again for the same office if a President can't serve more then 8 years why should they be able to?
Why should the President only be able to serve two terms?

Presidential term limits are relatively new -- it wasn't until 1951 that the 22nd Amendment was ratified. And there's only been one President who served more than two terms, so was it such a problem that it needed a Constitutional Amendment to fix?

It's a balancing act between the will of the people (to keep the same person in the job) and the intent and supposition of the framers (having a citizen-legislature).

If it came to a vote, I'd probably vote for a term limits amendment. But I'm not so confident it's the right thing that I'd get out and actively pursue one.