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March 27, 2012

The Dirtly Little Secret About 2nd-Term Presidents

Daniel W. Drezner, Daniel W. Drezner

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Consider the last three two-term presidents:  Reagan, Clinton, and Bush 43.  I'll grant this is a very small sample, but bear with me.  Did their second-term policies look different from their first-term?

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