Democrats MUST Lower Expectations
And they’re trying, but their backs may be against a wall to the point of zero wiggle room:
The expectations game is always tricky in politics. To win power, candidates promise to enact sweeping change. But once victory is in hand, they often scramble to lower those expectations so they won’t be perceived as falling short.
Democrats are facing an especially precarious version of that dilemma. In crafting a package that will sink hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars into the economy, they are apprehensive about the fallout if the economy merely continues sputtering along for several years.
The AP has certainly been lending a hand in lowering expectations, as I noted here and here.
Of course, wiggle room may not even be an issue if Corruption Fest 2008 extends well into next year and beyond.
