Yes, I like your headline better :)
LS, do you think that "Lame Duck President" is the dumbest expression in American politics?
The fact is, sometimes the nature of what a president can do changes after re-election. Some of Reagan's most famous moments cane in the second term---the Berlin wall speech, the 1987 INF treaty, the Summits. But no doubt Reagan didn't have the same legislative clout after the election (see the Contras, for ex.)
Overall, however, it's ludicrous to think that a President in his second term is ineffective. Andrew Jackson was MORE effective, as was Teddy Roosevelt (for ill).