奥巴马为什么不参加下届总统竞选,争取第三次连任的机会?

奥巴马为什么不参加下届总统竞选,争取第三次连任的机会?

Thanks for invitation!

According to the 22nd Amendment of the United States Constitution, which was proposed on March 21, 1947 and ratified on February 27, 1951, "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. "

Since President Obama, obviously, has already been elected twice to be president, a third campaign would be seen as unconstitutional behavior.

I noticed that someone mentioned that there's an exception of FDR who was re-elected four times. However, his third and forth re-elections are definitely legal since they happened before this Amendment was ratified. As for the presidents before FDR, who held the office for at most 2 terms, it is believed that they stopped pursuing presidency for showing their respect (or just follow the tradition ) to the Founding Father, First President of the United States, George Washington, who resigned this job after his second term came to the end.

Besides, seriously? Obama for another 4-year term and give liberalism more opportunity to thrive? I feel sick enough even when I just imagine about it.

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