U.S. Silent on 3rd Term Hooplah for Dubya

At the end George Washington's second term as President of the United States, he declined to run for a third term and set a precedent for his successors. That long-standing tradition of limiting presidential service to two terms was broken by FDR (who died while serving in his fourth). His run on the White House prompted the Twenty-Second Amendment to the Constitution, which legally sets the limit at two.

• At the end of Washington's second term, there was much hooplah and public support for him running for a third term.
• At the end of Roosevelt's second term, there was much hooplah and public support for him running for a third term.
• At the end of Reagan's second term, there was much hooplah and public support for overturning the 22nd Amendment and having him run for a third term.
• At the end of Clinton's second term, there was much hooplah and public support for overturning the 22nd Amendment and having him run for a third term.

And as we come to the end of GW Bush's second term as president, the air is stagnant with a crushing silence...