Or a president whom is serving his last term??For that matter it could be both at the same time?
2007-12-14 00:51:23 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
Nope, Lame duck: is an elected officeholder who is to be succeeded by another, between the time of the election and the date that his successor is to take office.
2007-12-14 01:03:04 · answer #1 · answered by pacer 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
The original term "Lame Duck" referred to a stockbroker who could not afford to settle his accounts.
The modern description of a Lame Duck is any elected official (President, Senator, Congressman, Mayor, etc...) who has not been re-elected and is serving out the balance of his term until his replacement is inaugurated. The way you phrased your question speaks to a certain ambiguity around this term. By some accounts, a Lame Duck refers to any elected official who is no longer subject to re-election, which would be GWB after November, 2004.
Back when inauguration day was in March, a good four months after election day (manual counting methods being what they were) the final session of Congress, which was at the beginning of the new year, was referred to as the "Lame Duck Session".
2007-12-14 08:59:57 · answer #2 · answered by trentrockport 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The term, "lame duck", refers to a president in his last term. It refers to the fact that the president is no longer required to pursue policies with re-election in mind.
2007-12-14 08:56:29 · answer #3 · answered by fangtaiyang 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋
Not traditionally . . . traditionally it refers to a sitting President in the last two years of his second term. You could make an argument for the an alternative definition based on context.
2007-12-14 08:56:35 · answer #4 · answered by CHARITY G 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋