If Cuomo can't currently produce a 2 percent spending increase without a little smoke now, it won't get any easier to do it without mirrors in the back end of his second term. (nystateofpolitics.com)
Earlier this year, Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich announced his commitment to space exploration with a rather unexpected proclamation: «By the end of my second term, we will have the first permanent base on the moon, and it will be American,» he promised. (canadianbusiness.com)
President Obama, nearing the end of his second term, would then have more latitude to reach across the aisle and seek a grand bargain to consign to the history books, says the University of Georgia's Carson. (canadianbusiness.com)