Amendment 22

1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President, when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.

2. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.
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This amendment limited the amount of terms the President can serve to 2 terms or 8 years. It also says that unless it was ratified by 3/4's the states before 7 years later, that it can not be removed or ratified.
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11/24/2009

2004: George W Bush wins second term

George W Bush has won a second term as president of the United States, beating his Democratic rival, John Kerry, by a comfortable margin.

Mr Bush won about 51% of the vote and at least 274 electoral college votes against John Kerry's 48% and 252 votes.

Results are still awaited in New Mexico and Iowa but they cannot affect the outcome.

Mr Bush's victory was announced after Mr Kerry phoned him at the White House to admit defeat.

In a four-minute conversation, Mr Kerry congratulated the president, while Mr Bush called the Democrat "an admirable, worthy opponent".

Strong mandate

In his victory speech, Mr Bush said, "I am proud to lead such an amazing country and I am proud to lead it forward."

He said tax reform, social security and education would be priorities for his second four-year term.

He also said the US would "help the emerging democracies of Afghanistan and Iraq to grow in strength and freedom".

The result means Mr Bush has a stronger mandate than four years ago, when he won only after a 36-day legal battle over a recount in Florida.

Florida has used electronic voting machines this year to replace the punch cards which created so many problems in the last poll.

The media has also been noticeably more cautious in their reporting of results across the country, with CBS presenter Dan Rather saying at one stage, "I would rather be last than wrong."

Close contest

The contest was again extremely close throughout, with both men neck-and-neck in opinion polls right until voting ended.

After early victories by Mr Kerry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, Mr Bush began winning state after state.

The key state of Ohio declared for the president early this morning.

National security and the war in Iraq have dominated the campaign, with the economy largely taking second place.

World leaders congratulated Mr Bush on his victory, although some warned of the major challenges facing him in the Middle East.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair said he looked forward to continuing his strong relationship with George Bush.

But, he added, "The need to revitalise the Middle East peace process is the single most pressing political challenge in our world today."

Thoughts:
I am extremely thankful for this amendment specifically when it comes to George Bush's presidency. After his second term in office, although If he could have ran for president again he would not have ran, I think most of the American people where probably upset that he made it to his second term.

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11/24/2009


Thoughts:
I think that this amendment was a very good idea. I agree if one person could run for president over and over it would make it easier for a monarchy to take place. Only being able to run for 2 terms keeps everything fair, and gives all people an equal chance to get who they want in the white house.
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