If Romney really is the electoral dead duck that his Republican rivals claim he is, why isn't Obama beating him by double digits?

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Will his party still be so supportive if main benefit of his party's agreement to serve and support the coalition government turns out to be a dead duck?

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But the momentum of WiMax means 802.20 could be a dead duck, says Zvi Slonimsky of Alvarion, the leading maker of fixed-wireless gear and a strong backer of WiMax.

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And Tory backbencher Jesse Norman said the government had backed down because of the scale of the likely rebellion on the Conservative benches and the proposals were now a "dead duck".

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" Another said: "This is a dead duck.

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In short, the empire now proclaimed in America's name is at best a dull duck, at worst a dead duck, unless it is to be a big strong drake that intends to throw its weight around for quite a while.

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