As a ?lame duck? president with low approval ratings, he?s not in a good position to sell this budget. The people in Congress can just wait him out. Andrew Smith More Andrew Smith Quotes 0
I don't believe she's a lame duck. She'll exercise her authority and be counted. Artemus Ward Professor Professor More Artemus Ward Quotes 0
The real problem he faces is that 2006 is an election year, and he will be a lame-duck majority leader. His capacity to put together deals in the Senate will be limited by the fact that he has nothing to bargain with. Bruce Oppenheimer More Bruce Oppenheimer Quotes 0
If majority control of either chamber is lost, it makes him a lame duck overnight. He loses control over, potentially, funding for the war effort, control over ethics investigations, and over the ability to move any of his agenda items. Bruce Buchanan More Bruce Buchanan Quotes 0
The more controversial bills will most assuredly end up in a lame-duck Congress. Brian Riedl More Brian Riedl Quotes 0
Having Jeb [Bush] be a lame duck is going to be extremely interesting because he has several issues that he really wants to push as part of his legacy, and I think the legislature's really pulling back a bit more than they have before. Carol Weissert More Carol Weissert Quotes 0
Bush has not too much time to turn things around before he becomes an ever-lamer lame duck. Eric Davis More Eric Davis Quotes 0
I'm sure that at some point there's going to be talk about Rick being a lame duck. But there's nothing he's done here that's lame, and I haven't seen him ducking under any doors lately. Geoff Petrie More Geoff Petrie Quotes 0
I'm the lamest lame duck there could be. George Wallace American Governor More George Wallace Quotes 0
He's the AD. He's not a lame duck, and he will make all of the decisions necessary. Gerald Turner More Gerald Turner Quotes 0
It was not going to be in my best interest to be in the dugout as a lame-duck manager, ... I asked myself the question, 'Could I get the club back to where it was at the end of 2004 before the end of 2006?' I thought there was a good possibility it would take more time than that. Jim Tracy More Jim Tracy Quotes 0
It could even be dangerous (to leave a lame duck on the board). Joe McLaughlin More Joe McLaughlin Quotes 0
[Calling the president's plan a] lame-duck budget, ... The president said the era of big government is over, but he keeps sending us things ... kind of like Santa Claus. John Kasich More John Kasich Quotes 0
We've studied stuff that happened in other cities. The lame-duck factor is brutal. Houston was drawing 15,000-20,000 a game. We don't expect that to happen here, but I'd rather be in an inferior stadium (elsewhere) than lame duck in my own town. Mark Fabiani More Mark Fabiani Quotes 0
For how long will this country have to put up with this lame duck prime minister, in office but not in power? Michael Howard More Michael Howard Quotes 0
The fact that he's a lame duck in Massachusetts now and his term will end two years before the presidential election is not at all a problem. I'd regard it as an asset. He's free to travel. Stuart Rothenberg More Stuart Rothenberg Quotes 0
The message that gets circulated from the White House is that this president shouldn't be made a lame duck before his time. Tom Rath More Tom Rath Quotes 0