Last week, Barack Obama teased Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the Al Smith Dinner by noting that, as Bloomberg tried to alter term limits so he could run again, Bill Clinton replied, "You can do that?" Joke's over. In a run around democracy that not even Chavez or Putin attempted, Bloomberg muscled the City Council to go along. Is Schwarzenegger next?
Twice, New York City voters, in 1993 and 1996 -- voted to limit the terms in office of all Council members...
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