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Lowering Expectations
[Guest post by DRJ] So many Americans have bought into Obama’s rhetoric that he is The One who can bring Hope and Change that even the Obama campaign sees a need to lower expectations — after the election, of course. But it’s too late for one El Paso, Texas, man who ...
Dems lower expectations
thehill.com — Democratic leaders are tamping down on expectations for rapid change and trying to signal they will place... a calm hand on the nation’s tiller. “The country must be governed from the middle,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday. ... (more) Dems lower expectations
Obama Lays Plans to Kill Expectations After Election Victory
elections.foxnews.com — Confident in an Election Day win, the campaign looks to lower supporters' expectations on concerns their hopes of... 'change' are unrealistic, a senior aide says (more) Obama Lays Plans to Kill Expectations After Election Victory
Expectations for Obama
crookedtimber.org — In Maria’s thread below , commenter Iain Coleman writes: My hopes about Obama are limited to my... expectation that he will be much like Bill Clinton, but with a bit more political capital and fewer illicit blowjobs. If Obama can just achieve ... (more) Expectations for Obama
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Hope? Nope……Dope.
Flopping Aces — ... Meanwhile, via Patterico, a man jumped to his death from a freeway overpass in El Paso today. ...

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