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
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