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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Replying to @Nymphomachy
I doubt this would actually work, Nixon's resignation was this big unprecedented norms violation that left his successor under a (deserved) pall of being a "fake President"
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Well, okay, Biden "resigning due to health reasons" sometime between 2021-24 is pretty predictable, but Harris is the running mate specifically because she's much younger
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If President Harris were to then go on to resign for health reasons after winning reelection to pass the baton to President Buttigieg I think people would cry foul
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Incumbency advantage is real but it's not all-powerful, it's got a built-in time limit to it usually, at least in a system like ours (where the two-party system is ingrained enough that most people think of politics as an axis between left and right)
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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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Because if you've been in power long enough for the shine to wear off everyone decides they blame you for all the problems you haven't solved and starts thinking the other team looks better because the grass is greener
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