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Two arguments are frequently made about second-term presidencies. The first is that the president may have exhausted his agenda and his personnel and therefore not be able to project and implement new ideas and new approaches. A second, contrasting argument is that second-term presidents may suffer from hubris and overreach themselves, with negative consequences for their policies as well as their political legacy.
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See, for example, Paul O’Neill’s views, as presented in Ron Suskind, The Price of Loyalty ( New York: Simon amp Schuster, 2004 ).
Suskind, The Price of Loyalty, 2004, 70–75.
Unnamed former official, Washington Post, November 5, 2004.
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Lesch, A.M. (2006). Problematic Policies Toward the Middle East. In: Maranto, R., Brattebo, D.M., Lansford, T. (eds) The Second Term of George W. Bush: Prospects and Perils. The Evolving American Presidency Series. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403984418_12
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