Bush and Putin - For Life? by William Norman Grigg

Reported Newsday on June 24: "A senior member of [Putin’s] United Russia party … submitted a legislative amendment Thursday that would allow Putin to stand for re-election if he stepped down before the end of his second term … in March 2008, and if the next presidential poll held without his participation is declared invalid – for example, because of low turnout."

Last February, five Republican congressmen introduced House Joint Resolution 24, "Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the 22nd amendment to the Constitution." The 22nd Amendment, limiting U.S. presidents to two full terms (or ten years’ total service in the office), was enacted in the wake of Franklin Roosevelt’s four-term presidency.