patterico.com - 11/1/2008
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[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 ...
Reuters: Lowering Expectations for Obama
newsbusters.org 1/8/2009 — Reuters ran a little flak for Barack Obama trying to help dull the outrageous expectations placed on The One by his irrationally exuberant adherents in theirs headlined " Congress faces historic challenges " -- As if no other Congress has faced ...
GOP lowering expectations?
politico.com 3/31/2009 — Blog: House Minority Leader John Boehner isn’t sounding a very bullish note on Republican Jim Tedisco’s chances
Democrats Try to Lower Expectations
online.wsj.com 12/22/2008 — Democratic leaders are aggressively lowering expectations that the massive economic stimulus package will yield dramatic accomplishments quickly.
Great Expectations
shakespearessister.blogspot.com 11/9/2008 — This is music to my ears. Please, Maude, let it be so: Transition advisers to President-elect Barack Obama have compiled a list of about 200 Bush administration actions and executive orders that could be swiftly undone to reverse White House policies ...
Great expectations: Obama will have to deliver
(AP)
news.yahoo.com 11/6/2008 — AP - Over and over, Barack Obama told voters if they stuck with him "we will change this country and change the world." They did, and now their expectations for him to deliver are firmly planted on his shoulders.
Lowering Expectations for Obama/Biden
openleft.com 12/23/2008 — Here's Joe Biden.
Vice President-elect Joe Biden is worried about the "exceedingly high expectations" the world community has for Barack Obama's presidency.
He believes he and Obama must follow through with action to show how they're different than ...
2008 Jewish Vote for Obama Exceeds All Expectations
njdc.org 11/11/2008 — November 5, 2008 When the general election campaign began in June of this year the consensus opinion among political pundits was that Barack Obama was going to underperform among Jewish voters. In the four presidential elections between 1992 and 2008 ...
U.S. Terrorism Case: Low Expectations
cabdrollery.blogspot.com 11/13/2008 — Yesterday I spent many hours at the closing moments of the Holy Land Foundation trial in Dallas, an exercise in the occupied White House trying to convince twelve jurors from Dallas that Holy Land Foundation was supporting terrorism. specific charges ...
McCain vs. Obama: Tracking the race —
First Read 11/1/2008
Here’s a wrap of some of the tracking polls we’re following: Gallup has Obama up 11 points among registered voters (52%-41%), eight points in its traditional likely-voter model (51%-43%), and nine points in its expanded likely-voter model (52%-43%). ...
Candidates deploy to battleground states —
CNN Political Ticker 11/1/2008
With his wife, Cindy, behind him, Sen. John McCain waves to the crowd Saturday in Newport News, Virginia.
(CNN) — The presidential campaigns are pushing for votes in key battleground states Saturday as the race for the White House enters its ...
McCain Mantains Hope for Victory —
WSJ.com: Washington Wire 11/1/2008
Elizabeth Holmes reports from Perkasie, Pa. on the presidential race.
John McCain campaigns in Perkasie, Pa. (AP)
John McCain reiterated his confidence in victory Tuesday, saying at a rally here Saturday afternoon, I know were ...