Obama told Today Show host Matt Lauer in Feb, '09 that he’d be a one-term president if he didn’t fix the economy in three years.“I will be held accountable,” Obama said. “I’ve got four years and … A year form now, I think people are going to see that we’re starting to make some progress, but there’s still going to be some pain out there … If I don’t have this done in three years, then there’s going to be a one-term proposition.”