lame duck

lame duck 跛腳鴨

在野黨在國會席次超過執政黨的總統 也被稱為lame duck
譬如 G. Bush, A-Ben Chen

//=== 2014.11.12
After Democrats lost the Senate in  the midterm election, Obama grudgingly accepted himself tagged as 'lame duck' by reporters.  The government  become 'really divided'  such that Obama claims 
' to squeeze every last little bit of opportunity to make this world a better place ...'

the Senate
the House
the House of Representatives
the Governor
the White House


[ref]
http://elections.nytimes.com/2014/liveblog
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divided_government