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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts) Thu Dec 18, 2014, 02:01 PM Dec 2014

It's been a dizzying six weeks for the GOP, spare a thought for them......

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It's been a dizzying six weeks for the GOP, spare a thought for them...... (Original Post) Playinghardball Dec 2014 OP

No shit, he has veto proof power and is kicking their asses on a daily basis NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #1

What makes a "lame duck"? cheyanne Dec 2014 #2

NoJusticeNoPeace

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1. No shit, he has veto proof power and is kicking their asses on a daily basis

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 02:06 PM

Dec 2014

I wonder if Bill Maher is finally happy as he is always wishing the bad ass Obama would show up.

Well this is as bad ass as you can get.

cheyanne

(733 posts)

2. What makes a "lame duck"?

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Thu Dec 18, 2014, 02:31 PM

Dec 2014

In the traditional scenario for a lame duck president, the opposition party had been forced to work with him during his term because they needed to actually govern. Then when the President was due to leave office, the opposition no longer worked with him, because they felt that he had lost his power because they could now wait for the a new President to try to get what they wanted.

However, in this case, the Republicans, by virtue of refusing to work with the President during his terms, reversed the situation. The President no longer needs to worry about trying to include them in the process.

They failed to notice that they are the "lame ducks". . .

Another short-sighted miscalculation of the Republicans.

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