That's close. Both the excessively long lame duck period (2 months for Congress and 2.5 months for the President) and disunity between the President and the res

That's close. Both the excessively long lame duck period (2 months for Congress and 2.5 months for the President) and disunity between the President and the rest of the executive branch have also been fodder for crises in the past (Marbury v Madison, Andrew Johnson's impeachment).