Even though he was pres for 2 terms in a row, can ex-president clinton run for office again if he wished?
917399
No he cannot.  After FDRs death in 1945.  The house and Senate passed a amendment limiting the time a person can be president.  8 Years if elected or 10 Years if the person was a vice president and the president died two years into the term and then the person ran for election.
1124325
It could happen even if he can't run, he had enough machines rigged last time to carry the vote over to the next election. I sure hope they have that "little problem" ironed out before  the next election, another 4 years of repuglican dominance will ruin this country for sure.
755967
Yes he can.. Andrew Johnson was elected to the Senate after his term was over, and John Quincy Adams served in the House of Representatives. Usually however they don't.. if they serve 2 terms they usually retire and we pay for them to live in the lap of luxury the rest of their life :)
457740
Candidate B. For him to be kicked out of office twice means that he must have been voted in twice, so for him to be voted in twice he must be doing something right. Though he doesnt make the best personal decisions I'd go with him.\n :)
33717
No, it's rare that a Senator has become President.  Then you have to factor in the last time he ran he got busted for plagerism.  Then you have this Abramoff Scandle bloomings in which I think I saw he received money from him.
1100590
presidents used to be able to serve up to 4 terms in office  but a law was passed by congress that the president can only now serve 2 terms. Once a president has served 2 terms they can not run for another term. This does not matter if there has been another president since that last president who served 2 terms. The president who has already served 2 terms can never serve another even if that President quit office half way through the 2nd term
537066
Although technically one could keep on being re-elected until the end of time, George Washington set the precedent of a two-term limit. Though it wasn't unconstitutional, running for a third term was taboo until FDR.
1089623
No.  If he could serve another term I would vote for him again.  And if the Democrats do something stupid like nominate Hillary Clinton for president, we are guaranteed to have another right wing president!
605389
Bill Clinton is not eligible because the twenty-second amendment  to the US Constitution limits the President to two terms.  He is barred from the VP spot, because he could not ascend to the Presidency if that were necessary.
458737
no - he should be running for re-election then.
1182283
first of all G W Bush can't run again, is this law in the constitution that says only two terms or 10 years, Secondly I really would like to see Newt Gingrich and Condi Rice run for Pres and VP respectively\n\noh yeah Condi Rice is in a minority group and a woman, it would help prep her for Pres in 2016
949546
No, never. It is theorized that Senator Hillary Clinton (of New York), wife of former President Bill Clinton, will run in the presidential election of 2008. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
1152812
I voted for Bush twice. Does that count?
965272
Yes. A person should be allowed to run for or be president an unlimited number of times.
113343
If you meant "if no presidential candidate . . " it's happened plenty of times before.\n\nIn 1992, Clinton won the election with a plurality of 43% of the votes or so, with Perot in the race as a third party candidate. (Bush the elder got 37% and Perot got 19%).\n\nThe same thing happened in 1996 when Clinton got only 49% of the vote and in 200 when Bush and Gore both got only 49% of the vote.\n\nIn fact, the last two times a candidate got a majority of the votes cast were 2005 and back to 1988 before that.
349895
well remember fdr ran for 4 terms after that a const. admt was passes limiting his term for 10 years max (2 elected term ans 2 year if he was the vp and the previous president died or left office)
244738
I see no reason to vote again for someone who has failed us in so many ways.\nOne reason for not allowing third terms is to avoid the obvious advantage an incumbent has in the voting process. Whether democratic or republican, the incumbent has far greater access to the press, and has in place the "spoils" of the presidency in terms of placements of officials and others at all levels of society, and connections to all the right places that help promote the president's message. \nThe longer in power, the more power tends to accumulate, and ultimately to be abused.