Just like a liberal ideology downplays personal responsibility and instead blames society, so does a liberal ideology downplays Obama’s shortcomings and instead blames the political system itself. It doesn’t take a climate scientist to realize Obama’s second term isn’t so hot, but Noah Rothman points out the liberal blogosphere is leveling blame at the 22nd Amendment of the Constitution. We should abolish the amendment confining presidents to serving only two terms and we’d get better terms from fewer presidents, they argue. As Vox suggests, “It could be that by rendering second-term presidents ineligible for future terms in office, the 22nd Amendment is slightly undermining the quality of governance by eliminating the basic mechanism of electoral accountability.” Just imagine giving an imperial president like Obama an unlimited amount of time in the White House. One charismatic leader could destroy the constitutional republic in one lifetime. More…