So why did this lame-duck president send lawmakers a trade agreement with Colombia Monday?
This would require a lame-duck Congress and, if Mr Obama loses, a lame-duck president to haggle over extending policies they detest.
If Mitt Romney wins, Republicans, who would probably in that case control the Senate as well as the House, would have no incentive to negotiate with a lame-duck president.
So the reality is that the MDP needs the cooperation of its main rival, the GNP, if Kim is not to serve out the remaining three years of his term as a lame-duck president.
Should Romney win the election, any attempts by a lame-duck president to ram through a trade deal will be met with fierce opposition from Congressional Republicans and a near-certain veto threat by a new administration.
"Obama's going to come in, if he wins a second term, as a lame-duck president from day one into a Congress that is now a poisoned well" because of his unilateral move to halt some deportations, she said.
It is probably already too late for a grand bargain that includes Social Security reform, but a smaller compromise perhaps trading some tax cuts for higher social spending and expansion of Medicare to include prescription drugs might prove attractive to a lame-duck president.
Considering the tightness of the race, it is unlikely that the MDP, which currently does not have a majority in the National Assembly, will attain it after the polls. (The MDP is forecast to win around 110 seats, the GNP about 120.) This means Kim will have to forge a new coalition if he is not to serve out the remaining three years as a lame-duck president.
You mentioned this morning -- the President mentioned this morning that taxes will be one of the major priorities during the lame-duck session.
But as Congress prepares for a brief lame-duck session next week, at least Democrats know where President Bush stands.
The President similarly hopes to jam through the Senate during the lame-duck session what amounts to a mortal threat to the Nation's all-volunteer force by eliminating the law that bars homosexuals from serving in the armed forces.
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What is the President telling the congressional leaders what else he wants in the lame-duck session?
Therefore it is reasonable to ask, why is the president going to the wall immediately after the election to get the lame-duck Congress to enact tax increases on high earners?
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If the lame-duck Democratic-controlled House refuses to pass this tax cut deal before year-end, the president and Senate probably expect the upcoming Republican-controlled House to easily pass it.
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He had just been defeated by Bill Clinton it was in that lame-duck period between election and inauguration day and in an act of statesmanship and decency, President Bush ordered American troops into Somalia to control the militias, stabilize the country and distribute food and medicine.
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