I don’t often dabble in politics publicly. Bad for business. But since I’m in the idea business, and I had an idea that is political in nature, I don’t care. I feel compelled to share this one.

It’s an idea inspired by President Obama’s recent comment to Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, caught by a live mic, “This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility.”

He’s right. He will have more flexibility. And that got me thinking about Mitt Romney, who, if elected, will not have the luxury of this “flexibility.”

The problem with Mitt Romney is well known: while people feel confident with his capabilities as a business man, no one, including me, is entirely confident with anything else about the man. Conservatives, liberals, nobody. But one little act by Romney could disarm us all and get him elected for sure in November.

Vow to serve one term, and one term only.

As in, tomorrow, look into the cameras and make the vow. Maybe create a legal document that you sign in front of the Statue of Liberty (and a notary). Have your kids sign it too. Sign it in blood. Put $100,000,000 in a bank account that will go to the Democratic National Committee if you change your mind. Whatever. Just make it absolutely clear that part of your plan for the country is to be a one-term president.

Here’s why. He will not only “have more flexibility,” but will be more focused. From day one, not in four years.

What our country needs right now is a business-consultant-in-chief. We need someone, like Romney, who can sweep in, bring out his inner-Bain, and pull an Olympic move. We need someone to analyze the country’s financial problems, recommend specific ideas to fix those problems (as difficult as they may be for us to swallow), push them through Congress, and then get the hell out.

By vowing to serve only one term, Romney will eliminate the poisonous pressures of re-election. He will be able to make the hard decisions without political calculation, and even graciously take 100% of any political fall-out for all the pansies in Congress, most of whom have proven they are more worried about their own re-elections than the future of the country (Republicans and Democrats, to be clear). Special interests will, for four years anyway, not be special nor interesting to this president because he will be armed with a mandate - fix the place.

Further, by vowing to serve only one term, Americans who respect his fiscal skills and nothing else will be given “permission” to vote for him. Hey, it’s only four years of intense focus.

If along the way Romney proves to be a great president overall, then that’s icing on the four-layer cake. And, because he’ll be out in one term, he’ll certainly tee up his VP to continue the momentum. If he fails miserably in those four years, well, he wouldn’t have won re-election anyway.

Our personal politics aside, if our government (not just Obama, but the entire broken, idiotic, frustrating mess) continues to spend more than it generates in revenue, and does so at the current rate, it won’t matter who our next president is.

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