tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750244306663708036.post3961180397520945793..comments2024-03-28T13:22:19.837-07:00Comments on Pa Rock's Ramble: The End of an Error: Brewer Bows OutPa Rockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16747526882424245608noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750244306663708036.post-81838430553483805722014-03-13T08:41:19.627-07:002014-03-13T08:41:19.627-07:00Reply to Xobekim:
I remember 1968 and the state...Reply to Xobekim: <br /><br />I remember 1968 and the state of euphoria that swept the college campuses when LBJ announced his intent not to run for re-election. I thought, and I may be wrong on this - as I often am, that he was permitted the third term because he inherited less than half a term from Kennedy - and that if he had inherited more than half a term, it would have counted as a full term and he would not have been eligible to run.<br /><br />Brewer inherited less than half a term from Napolitano, but the local political critters in Arizona seemed fairly intent in their conviction that she was not eligible - apparently interpreting the state constitution to count any part of a term as a full term. <br /><br />I've not read the Arizona Constitution, so admittedly do not know that of which I am discussing, but Brewer made all of the appropriate noises about wanting another term - and she is not one to be bullied - so I strongly suspect she banged her head on a constitutional limitation.<br /><br />But ding-dong, she's going, and somebody else gets a turn at trying to control the flying monkeys of the Arizona legislature, and that what's important!Pa Rockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747526882424245608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750244306663708036.post-25402031038582869232014-03-13T04:13:24.616-07:002014-03-13T04:13:24.616-07:00In 1968 Gene McCarthy and Bobby Kennedy ran agains...In 1968 Gene McCarthy and Bobby Kennedy ran against the war policies of LBJ. LBJ became President when JFK was killed in Dallas, and served out the balance of JFK's term. LBJ was elected to his first term in 1964. He was expected to run in 1968 for his second term.<br /><br />At least Jan got the legal reasoning right this time. Perhaps like LBJ, with her party dividing into opposing factions, she too realizes that victory no longer remains at hand.Xobekimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973381691719755451noreply@blogger.com