LOWERING EXPECTATIONS

I wonder how all those who voted for "hope and change" feel about this, as stated in U.S. News & World Report:

Obama Spokesman: President-Elect Will Focus on Strengthening the Economy But Can't Work Miracles

CHICAGO—President-elect Barack Obama will focus relentlessly on helping the middle class and strengthening the economy when he takes office January 20, but he doesn't want Americans to think he can work miracles, says chief Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs.

Gibbs told U.S. News in an exclusive interview yesterday that the 100-day framework often used to assess a new president's achievements—which started with Franklin Roosevelt's hyperactive first three months in 1933—may be outmoded because today's problems are so numerous and complex.

Attempting to lower soaring expectations, Gibbs says 100 days is an "arbitrary time period" that probably doesn't apply anymore.

Obama can't work miracles? That fact may actually come as a surprise to many. Reality check! And already Gibbs is trying to prepare the sheeple for BHO's shortcomings.

What will happen when The One's followers become disillusioned? After all, they have all that fervor, and fervor needs an outlet. Gibbs knows that and is trying to soften what's coming:

Gibbs's concern about expectations seems well founded. A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released yesterday finds that nearly two thirds of Americans say Obama will change the country for the better. Majorities say Obama will improve race relations, lift the economy, stabilize financial markets, make the United States safer from terrorism, lessen dependence on foreign oil, reduce global warming, win the war in Afghanistan, and remove U.S. troops from Iraq without causing a major upheaval in that country, the poll says.

All those expectations - a recipe for failure for the Obama administration and Congress.