In theory, and given the inevitability with which the fixation on access journalism feeds the manufacturing of consent, it feels like the way for one party to hold the presidency forever is just to always resign 34 months into a four-year term and run the ascended VP as incumbent
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It's the whole reason we have a sense that the White House "naturally" oscillates between Democrats and Republicans every four years, and the midterms always go to the opposite party that won the White House
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And it takes an extra successful President (or extra weak opposition) to break this cycle -- the Reagan Republicans broke it once but then HW couldn't stick it out for two terms
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