Washington, Nov 22 : Two pollsters, who once worked for former president Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, have said that President Barack Obama should give up on the idea of serving another four years in the White House and give way to Hillary Clinton to run as the Democratic nominee.

Doug Schoen, who worked for Clinton, and Pat Caddell, who worked for Carter, recently write in the Wall Street Journal that Obama should follow the example of presidents Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson, who decided not to run again.

"He should abandon his candidacy for re-election in favor of a clear alternative, one capable not only of saving the Democratic Party, but more important, of governing effectively and in a way that preserves the most important of the president''s accomplishments," they wrote.

"He should step aside for the one candidate who would become, by acclamation, the nominee of the Democratic Party: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton," they added.

According to CBS News, the crux of their argument is based on the notion that Obama would be ineffective in his second term because he will be forced to run a negative campaign to win.

"By going down the re-election road and into partisan mode, the president has effectively guaranteed that the remainder of his term will be marred by the resentment and division that have eroded our national identity, common purpose, and most of all, our economic strength," the two pollsters wrote.

"But if Obama were to step aside for Hillary, it would be good for both Democrats and the country. Not only is Clinton better positioned to win in 2012 than Obama, but she is better positioned to govern if she does," they added.

The two pollsters insisted that they were not betraying their party, and added they had not been in touch with the Clinton or her political aides.

"We write as patriots and Democrats, concerned about the fate of our party and, most of all, our country. We do not write as people who have been in contact with Clinton or her political operation. Nor would we expect to be directly involved in any Clinton campaign," they wrote. (ANI)