The author thinks that a president who proclaims himself to be a one term president would become more powerful and less constrained by his party. Traditional American political science calls a one=term president a lame duck. His party pays less attention to him because they are worried about who will succeed him. Traditional American political science views a president as most powerful during the first two years of a two-term presidency. Obama got his only major legislative initiative passed during the final months of his first two years—Obamacare.
The author thinks that a president who proclaims himself to be a one term president would become more powerful and less constrained by his party. Traditional American political science calls a one=term president a lame duck. His party pays less attention to him because they are worried about who will succeed him. Traditional American political science views a president as most powerful during the first two years of a two-term presidency. Obama got his only major legislative initiative passed during the final months of his first two years—Obamacare.