JDD: The second term syndrome.

John David Dyche uses his column today to suggest that there's a "second term syndrome" that should urge against a second term for gubernatorial (and Presidential) office holders. Here are excerpts: ... Second terms are seldom successful. Recent governorships in Kentucky and surrounding states and presidencies over the past century show that chief executives' encores frequently fall short of their first terms and often fail outright.
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This second-term syndrome is so prevalent some suggest single six-year terms or other systemic changes. But what causes the malady to begin with?
Leadership is grueling, tiring work. Living in splendid isolation, governors and presidents lose touch with real life and people.
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if Kentuckians do not learn the bitter lessons of second terms past we deserve to repeat them.

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