Waiting for Obama: Power Vacuum in a Time of Crisis By Adriel Bettelheim and CQ Staff Posted December 18, 2008 at 1:00am Facebook Twitter Email Reddit Legacies and Lame Ducks public clash a rescue mission Recent Stories Biden makes formal plea to Congress for disaster loan funds One month out, Democrats say they are expanding House field Supreme Court to decide cases on nuclear fuel storage, gun lawsuit Calling Trump ‘petty’ and ‘vindictive,’ Liz Cheney makes conservative case for Harris Bipartisan Senate bill prods US to help end Sudan war Pentagon voices ‘significant concern’ with many NDAA provisions