Quote Originally Posted by Gelatinous Cube View Post
I've long been of the opinion that the President should do a single long term. Whatever the intent behind the constitution, what we now have is a public and a government that expect the office of the President to carry out some kind of vision, as regards their platform. This isn't inherently a bad thing at all, but it can't possibly do any good unless the President has some incentive to buckle down and work. As it stands right now, your "ideal" candidate is someone who spends his/her entire first term preparing for the re-election, and the entire 2nd term ready to stop giving a frak.
We can reelect Merkel as long as we want her, that gives her an incentive to work for us in every single term.
Why would a president doing one single long term not behave like they currently do in the second term?