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Tom Crawford: If it quacks like a lame duck ... Deal easing out of office

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, center, applauds as he acknowledges his wife, Sandra Deal, sitting up in the balcony while delivering the State of the State address at the state Capitol in Atlanta, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

01172018 STATE OF STATE DEAL — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, center, applauds as he acknowledges his wife, Sandra Deal, sitting up in the balcony while delivering the State of the State address at the state Capitol in Atlanta, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

As they near the end of their last term, Georgia’s governors usually start running out of gas.