Five term presidents?

How would presidents being able to run for more than two terms affect other presidents. Could we see a five term president that way would having several three term presidents make it easier for a president to win five terms?
For Example:
40. Ronald Reagan (1980-1992)
41. William Jefferson Clinton (1992-2005)
42. George Allen (2005-2020)
 
Yes, TR was a great president. It's hard to imagine just how much he could get done in almost 20 years. Just look at his acheivements in OTL, now imagine he had all the time in the world to improve the country.

I very much agree with that ... The downside is that we might have fully experienced the grinder that was WW1. On the other hand, if TR more than anyone practised "si vis pacem, para bellum" (wisely so I might ad) so it could be argued that the Germans would have tread lighter and not given us an excuse to join the war.
 
Okay, instead of looking at the plausablity of a president gaining 5 terms, let's look at what they'd do with their 20 years.
 
Ok Let's start with a Reagan Presidency begin with an election over Jimmy Carter in 1976. In this timeline RFK Survived and won the election of 1968 and 1972.

President Ronald Reagan
1976-1993

1976-1980
California Governor Ronald Reagan defeats Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter to become the 38th President of the United States
The Energy Crisis

President Reagan responds to the Energy Crisis with tax Cuts and calls for more drilling from domestic resources.
1980-1984
Continues similar to the OTL though the economy is much better
1984
Much the Same
1988-1992
A extended Gulf War assuming it still happens
1992-1993
Elected but decides to retire in August of 1993; revealed several years later that his alizhiemers was diagnosed in 1992.
President Bush loses to Tennessee Governor Albert Gore,Jr in the 1996 Election

Elected for Five terms but does not serve five

Just a skeleton feel free to flesh it out
 
It would be funny if Clinton has his fifth term, and choose his wife Hillary as Vice President :D

But people like Gore, Kerry, Edwards or Obama wouldn't be that pleased if teflon Bill does it that long...
 
It would be funny if Clinton has his fifth term, and choose his wife Hillary as Vice President :D

But people like Gore, Kerry, Edwards or Obama wouldn't be that pleased if teflon Bill does it that long...
What would Clinton do with 5 terms? what would the country look like?
 
How did this thread wind up being all about Bill Clinton? How would that even work?:confused:
Well, the thing is I was just asking what he would do with five terms. That's the main reason why I started this thread, I wanted to know what the different presidents would do with 20 years.
 
Dewey?

Thomas E. Dewey was only 46 years old in 1948. As we all know, it was assumed he was going to win. There was speculation, even before the election, that he might attempt to serve more than two terms. Some pointed out that if he served four terms, from 1949 to 1965, he would still be just 63 years old. If he served five, he would be 67 in 1969 (actually, 66, assuming his birthday is after January 20th).

I doubt anyone could win five elections in a row, but Dewey might have an outside chance. It would depend on how President Dewey handled the Korean War (threatening his second victory in 1952) or the recession of 1958 (threatening his fourth victory in 1960).
 

Fyrwulf

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Ol' Teddy Bear's the only one I can think of. Maybe the Great Depression is downgraded to a major recession or doesn't happen at all. St. Ronald has the next best shot, but age and health were always going to get the better of him. Slick Willy might be able to do it, but it's a long shot (9/11 would probably destroy him.)
 
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