https://freerepublic.com/tag/onetermers/ en-us Tue, 1 Dec 2020 20:42:13 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3911264/posts Presidential politics is a tough business, especially for incumbents who fail to make the cut as re-elected Commanders in Chief. Jimmy Carter, who rode the wave of anti-Watergate sentiment all the way to the White House in 1976, was ousted in landslide to Ronald Reagan in 1980, courtesy of the economic malaise that engulfed the nation during the late 1970s. George Herbert Walker Bush, elected in a rout of Michael Dukakis in 1988, failed in his re-election efforts as economic woes — and Ross Perot’s third-party candidacy — sealed his fate. thehill https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3911264/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2020 20:42:13 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2807255/posts After months of campaigning, Mitt Romney still appears poised to win a plurality and claim the Republican nomination for election to the Executive Office in 2012. If his numbers hold up in polling against the incumbent president, then Teflon Mitt will almost certainly win a majority of the national vote and send Democrats packing from the White House. But more than likely, Governor Romney will last only a single term in office, just like his predecessor. History would suggest Romney’s victory more or less ensures a second term, yet two factor blocs are in store to prevent that scenario from... Examiner https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2807255/posts#comment Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:46:40 GMT