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Does that mean Obama can run again?

• dekhn 2y ago
  If an amendment passed to allow any qualified candidate to run for a third term, yes.
  • haswell 2y ago
    The amendment as proposed would prevent a 3rd Obama term [0]. See the second paragraph. - [0] https://ogles.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-ogles-proposes-amending-22nd-amendment-allow-trump-serve-third-term https://ogles.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-ogles-propo...
    • dekhn 2y ago
      Right, Obama would not be "qualified candidate", which is why I wrote what I did (but I hadn't read the text of the amendment carefully to see it was worded to exlude him). I see roughly 0.01% chance this would make it through the amendment process written like that.
• jsbisviewtiful 2y ago
  I don't think he'd want to after everything that's happened since his term, assuming we even get more elections. America is a different place than when he was pres. Nowadays a message of "hope, prosperity and civility" would get laughed out of the voting booth just like it did with Kamala.
  • Scea91 2y ago
    Eventually the pendulum will swing back.He would definitely sell the message much better than Kamala
• khedoros1 2y ago
  The proposed amendment basically says that there has to be a gap between the first two terms, so Obama, Dubya, and Clinton would be ineligible.
  • amalcon 2y ago
    Only applies to Trump, and Grover Cleveland's ghost.