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Tom Rinaldo

(22,911 posts) Wed Dec 17, 2014, 05:11 PM Dec 2014

Obama sure stuck a fork in any "lame duck" assertions about him

All that taking heads conventional wisdom is DOA now well before the next Congress even gets sworn in. This will be an interesting two years.

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Obama sure stuck a fork in any "lame duck" assertions about him (Original Post) Tom Rinaldo Dec 2014 OP

makes me wonder what else he has up his sleve.. riversedge Dec 2014 #1

I love it madokie Dec 2014 #2

Why would anyone call him a lame duck nichomachus Dec 2014 #3

I think you missed the perversion of the term "lame duck" Tom Rinaldo Dec 2014 #5

But then, lame duck would be a good thing nichomachus Dec 2014 #6

Thank you for that annotation. I had lazily adopted the corrupted meaning of the KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #7

Yes, it will.. the President has a lot more to come.. no doubt Cha Dec 2014 #4

riversedge

(70,084 posts)

1. makes me wonder what else he has up his sleve..

Reply to Tom Rinaldo (Original post)

Wed Dec 17, 2014, 05:12 PM

Dec 2014

madokie

(51,076 posts)

2. I love it

Reply to Tom Rinaldo (Original post)

Wed Dec 17, 2014, 05:13 PM

Dec 2014

I have a feeling this next two years we're going to see some real changes for a change

nichomachus

(12,754 posts)

3. Why would anyone call him a lame duck

Reply to Tom Rinaldo (Original post)

Wed Dec 17, 2014, 06:18 PM

Dec 2014

A lame duck traditionally is a politician whose successor has been elected but hasn't taken office yet. Did I miss something? Obama will become a lame duck in November of 2016.

Tom Rinaldo

(22,911 posts)

5. I think you missed the perversion of the term "lame duck"

Reply to nichomachus (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 17, 2014, 09:32 PM

Dec 2014

More and more talking heads in recent years are tempted to apply it to anyone who has run for office for the last time. After 2012 a number of "pundits" implied that Obama had one year, or maybe 18 months to get important things done before the glow of his "mandate " wore off and attention shifted to the midterms and after that the juice would start shifting to those who stood a chance of winning in 2016.