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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lorne who wrote (57753)	1/18/2009 12:09:44 PM
From: Little Joe	Respond to of 224774

Thedy really don' t get it what America wants is term limits. lj

To: lorne who wrote (57753)	1/18/2009 7:12:24 PM
From: MJ	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224774

If it is a Constitutional Amendment then it must be approved first by either a simple majority or by a 2/3rd's majority of the Congress and then sent to all of the states for voting on ratification. I would presume that the Dems would go for a simple majority of 51% to send it to the states. This is similar to the Equal Rights Amendment which never passed---- the people opposed ERA because of transfer of power to the Federal Government from the States---the ERA if approved would have bypassed the rights of states. Getting rid of the term limits is of the same ilk---it is an amendment to the Constitution and can not be done without the consent of the people. If the Dems believe they have the momentum for more than 8 years they would go for the change. There is a danger in that presumption-------they are not in control, anything that occurs is their blame to take. Good that Drew Zahn the WNT reporter is on top of this. mj