You could try to go back and predict the winners.
I'm just being lazy in these:
1789 Washington
1794 Adams
1800 Jefferson
1806 Madison
1812 Monroe
1818 Adams
1824 Jackson
1830 Van Buren
1836 Harrison
1842 Polk
1848 Taylor
1854 Buchanan
1860 Lincoln
1866 Grant
1872 Hayes
1878 Arthur
1884 Cleveland
1890 Harrison
1896 McKinley
1902 Roosevelt
1908 Taft
1914 Wilson
1920 Harding
1926 Hoover
1932 Roosevelt
1938 Garner
1944 Truman
1950 Eisenhower
1956 Nixon
1962 Kennedy
1968 Humphrey
1974 Carter
1980 Reagan
1986 Bush
1992 Clinton
1998 Bush
2004 Kerry
So if Kerry in 2004, Dem or Rep in 2010? Who? I say Kerry ends the war, but the economy still tanks and he gets the blame. 2010 - Jindal is Obama and Hillary is McCain.
Anyway, I like this idea with giving the President the option of an extension, but longer. I'd say four, equalling a possible 10 year stint.
