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...Abraham Lincoln was a one-term congressman with little to distinguish him, yet he was our most brilliant President. James Buchanan, Herbert Hoover and Richard Nixon had excellent résumés, yet each failed when the U.S. needed strong leadership. Whether or not Obama is qualified on paper, he has all the tools for the making of a successful Commander in Chief. Luiz Bravim, Hollywood, Florida...
...Watching the Republican candidates in the debate in Orlando, Fla., I wasn't filled with dread about the general election. The Democrats are going to nominate either a one-term Senator (Clinton) or a half-term Senator (Obama), neither with much in the way of legislative achievements. Against that, the GOP will offer one of the following: a remarkably successful two-term mayor (Rudy Giuliani), a business leader as well as Governor (Mitt Romney), a four-term Senator and war hero (McCain), an effective two-term Governor (Mike Huckabee) or a Senator with as much experience as Clinton...
...Jindal is up against three viable contenders, including Boasso, a portly one-term state senator from hurricane-ravaged St. Bernard Parish who has a compelling backstory of his own: he started his successful shipping-tank-cleaning business, Boasso America, with little more than "a box of Tide and a garden hose," as he likes to tell people. Last April, after state Republican party leadership endorsed Jindal and when it became clear that Breaux was out of the race, Boasso switched his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat, and he has spent the ensuing weeks burnishing his regular-guy image. Public...
...court entranceway. For two weeks the Supreme Court debated the constitutionality of Musharraf's nomination for a second term as President, despite his ongoing tenure as Army Chief. The holding of dual offices is normally prohibited by Pakistan's constitution, but in 2002 Musharraf was able to obtain a one-term waiver. Elections, which are undertaken by an electoral college made up of national and provincial parliaments, are to be held on October 6, just three months before general elections for a new parliament are due. Many hold that the current assembly, which has been in power nearly five years...
...been bent more times in the service of keeping military generals in power than preventing them from ascending. Officially, the document prohibits military officers from holding and running for civilian posts in the government until two years after retirement. But in 2002, Musharraf circumvented that constitutional clause with a one-term exemption that was legitimated by a then docile Supreme Court...