Actually Lame

Over at the Prospect, they are beginning to see that the term Lame Duck is starting to mean more and more...

THE LAME DUCKS. I can't help but notice that more and more administration officials are having problems with lameness that are more than metaphorical. Since having surgery to remove aneurysms behind his knees, Vice President Dick Cheney has been photographed on crutches. His former aide Scooter Libby is currently on crutches, on account of what appears to be an injured foot. And the president himself gave up running some time ago on account of having quite literally gone weak in the knees. Three's a trend, right? What's going on here? Paging Robin Givhan...