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Cafferty: Expectations too high for Obama?

 

Published 11/21/2008 by Emily Schneider at CNN Political Ticker

Join the conversation on Jack's blog. There are high hopes for big change when Barack Obama becomes President of the United States in about two months. The expectations for this man are approaching euphoria and that could be setting the stage for a big disappointment. We’ve got big problems in this country and no one is [...] (link)

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