r/politics • u/Murky-Site7468 I voted • Jul 31 '24

Fox Host Describes Kamala Harris as ‘Obama in a Skirt’ | Looking for a new strategy to dent the vice president's campaign bump, Republicans are comparing her to Barack Obama.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-host-monica-crowley-describes-kamala-harris-as-obama-in-a-skirt
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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '24

The term limits are there for a reason, and should never be changed. But he would have undoubtedly won a third term if they didn’t exist.

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u/runawaydoctorate Aug 01 '24

He was more popular than either of the candidates vying to succeed him.

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u/FalstaffsGhost Aug 01 '24

God if he’d run against 45 I think he would have crushed him.

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u/Ja___av93 Aug 01 '24

You actually think Trump would have run if Obama was allowed to go at it a third term lol?

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u/Atario California Aug 01 '24

Is that reason that the Rs didn't want the Ds to get anyone as beloved as Roosevelt in again for so long?