DOES THIS MEAN NO PONIES? (via The Wife):

Obama Aides Tamp Down Expectations (ADAM NAGOURNEY and JIM RUTENBERG, 11/06/08, NY Times)

President-elect Barack Obama has begun an effort to tamp down what his aides fear are unusually high expectations among his supporters, and will remind Americans regularly throughout the transition that the nation’s challenges are substantial and will take time to address. [...]

“I don’t think they view him as a miracle worker who in two months is going to solve an economic crisis,” Mr. Benenson said.

He told them his election would make the oceans recede.

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Posted by Orrin Judd at November 6, 2008 1:31 PM