I know you much prefer the Washington system to the Westminster one, but I think this is one case that shows the superiority of Westminster (or, in general, parliamentary). With a parliamentary government, the Prime Minister is not elected by the people so the people are not responsibility to him to let him serve a complete term. If a Prime Minister is elected in a marginal government and the make-up of the house(s) to which he is responsible changes during a term, the Prime Minister and his Government can be brought down, as Gough so famously discovered. Before him, Gorton discovered that even if your party has the confidence of Parliament, you personally can be brought down if you aren't as popular as you need to be. PS: Can you add a preview mechanism?
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