Lame Duck?

I know people have said George Bush was a lame duck since his social security reforms went nowhere. Now that the election has taken place I'm sure that talk will heat up again. I still think he can wield some power w/ executive pardons. He might decide to pardon anyone who professes their loyalty to him in some kind of godfather like ritual. Maybe he'll pardon all the Enron dudes at Wrestlemania XXII. I see a lot of entertaining possibilities for this.