Posted on 11/24/2014 6:48:53 AM PST by KeyLargo
Putin Is Circumspect on Re-Election but Says ‘Nyet’ to Presidency for Life
By Alexander Kolyandr
Nov. 23, 2014
MOSCOW—Russian President Vladimir Putin said he doesn’t aim to hold his post for life but doesn’t rule out seeking another term in 2018, a move that could make him the country’s longest-serving leader since Joseph Stalin.
In an interview with state-controlled TASS news agency, the 62-year-old Mr. Putin said that for him to remain “in the president’s chair forever” is “not good, and (is) detrimental for the country, and I do not need it as well.”
But when asked whether he would stand for the re-election in 2018, as the Russian constitution permits, Mr. Putin said, “it indeed allows but it does not mean that I will make such a decision. I will proceed from the general context, domestic understanding and my personal feelings.”
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Poll: 39% of Democrats Want Obama to Run for a Third Term
by Warner Todd Huston 6 Nov 2014
The atmosphere before the midterm elections apparently didn’t do a thing to chasten Obama’s most hardcore, Democrat fans. A new poll shows that nearly a third of those Democrats surveyed wish Obama could have a third term.
A new Economist/YouGov poll that was conducted just before the elections certainly showed that overall a large number of respondents are unhappy with Obama, but there was also a large number of Democrats who thought that Obama was so great that he deserves a third term.
The poll found that 39 percent of the Democrats surveyed wished that the 22nd Amendment that holds a president to only two terms didn’t exist so that Obama could run for a third term.
The number grows even higher with African-American respondents. Sixty-four percent said they’d love to see Obama get a third term.
The poll also found that even after years of mounting failure, 88 percent of Democrats still like Obama to some degree or another.
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