n his book A More Perfect Constitution, Larry Sabato proposes the idea of a six year presidential term with a possible extra two years based on a confirmation election. This is a flawed proposal for many reasons. He says that “nothing wastes time, resources, and capital for a president and his chief advisors like planning for a reelection campaign” (Sabato 84). This is correct but in his proposal for the six year presidential term he adds on a confirmation election where the people vote for if they want another two years of the term, making it 8 years. The confirmation election is just another reelection campaign that would be expensive and dirty for both parties, like Sabato stated that reelection campaigns are bad. So his proposal is not