Thursday, November 6, 2008

Managing expectations - or why you can't REALLY have that new jewelry I promised you last night!

Ya gotta love American Politics. This morning, I heard announced that the Obama transition team has a special group whose job it is to "manage expectations" of the public. Meaning, I interpret, to explain why they will be disappointed but should be happy anyway. Meaning, I interpret, their job is to explain to the American public why the Obama administration will not be able to fulfill the promises of the Obama campaign. So it was, so it is, so it shall always be.

The American public's expectations are only one challenge facing the new administration. The expectations of a Democrat Party-controlled legislature may be even a greater challenge. President Obama will have to control the legislature and not let them run rough-shod over the Constitution and common sense if he wishes to secure a second term. And that, surely, is the number one goal of the new administration's first term.

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