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  • But what struck me was that this commercial may be the first time the word "halftime" was used, or understood, politically, to stand for a second-term presidential election.

    William O'Rourke: Halftime in Pink America William O'Rourke 2012

  • The expletive in question, according to a secondhand source, who had heard it from a staffer to one of the members present at the meeting, was uttered in frustration by the president after he was informed a second-term Democrat from a swing district in southeastern Ohio would under no circumstances vote for the clean technology jobs bill that was still several votes short of passing the House.

    O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

  • Just ask Pennsylvania's Ed Rendell: A new poll of Keystone State voters suggests that second-term governor's approval rating has dropped to an all-time low.

    Poll: New low for Pennsylvania's governor 2009

  • I wrote a book about the '96 second-term election, Clinton v.

    William O'Rourke: Halftime in Pink America William O'Rourke 2012

  • But what struck me was that this commercial may be the first time the word "halftime" was used, or understood, politically, to stand for a second-term presidential election.

    William O'Rourke: Halftime in Pink America William O'Rourke 2012

  • In January, the second-term Democratic governor was impeached and resigned.

    Blagojevich former aide pleads guilty 2009

  • Mr. Lee, a second-term congressman from a district that stretches east from Buffalo along Lake Ontario to the Rochester area, announced he would step down "effective immediately."

    New York Rep. Lee Resigns Jonathan Weisman 2011

  • First-term Presidents doubly particularly need to get tough with Congress, assuming of course that they want to also be second-term Presidents.

    The *wrong* Big Question. | RedState 2010

  • "At lunchtime Wednesday, he was an obscure but promising second-term congressman."

    Read this: Rep. Chris Lee resigns hours after Craigslist flirtation report The Reliable Source 2011

  • I wrote a book about the '96 second-term election, Clinton v.

    William O'Rourke: Halftime in Pink America William O'Rourke 2012

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