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[Rik Sandberg]

Wally,

Probably true, but it looks like some will need to lower expectations 
more than others.

Rik

Will Rogers often said, "There's nothing quite like money in the bank." He went on to say, "I'm not so concerned about the return on my money as I am about the return of my money."



TN Rhodey wrote:
> Rik, I suspect both sides are going to be lowering expectations. Neither
> plan will work unless aggressive cuts in spending are made. I have heard
> Palin say they will balance budget in 4 years??? At this point both sides
> will say pretty much anything.
>
> Wally
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 2:26 PM, Rik Sandberg <sanderico1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Brad,
>>
>> Yeah, ha ha, I saw that somewhere else too. Imagine her chagrin a few
>> months down the road when things haven't changed or maybe have even
>> gotten worse. I sure hope they interview her again then.
>>
>> I see where the Obama campaign is readying a program to get these
>> peoples expectation back down to a more realistic level. Of course, that
>> won't happen until AFTER they have voted him in.
>>
>>
>> http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/31/obama-lays-plans-kill-expectations-election-victory/
>>
>> Obama Lays Plans to Kill Expectations After Election Victory
>> Confident in an Election Day win, the campaign looks to lower
>> supporters' expectations on concerns their hopes of 'change' are
>> unrealistic, a senior aide says
>>
>> FOXNews.com
>>
>> Friday, 2008-31-305
>>
>> By Tim Reid, The Times of London
>>
>> Barack Obama's senior advisers have drawn up plans to lower expectations
>> for his presidency if he wins next week's election, amid concerns that
>> many of his euphoric supporters are harboring unrealistic hopes of what
>> he can achieve.
>>
>> The sudden financial crisis and the prospect of a deep and painful
>> recession have increased the urgency inside the Obama team to bring
>> people down to earth, after a campaign in which his soaring rhetoric and
>> promises of "hope" and "change" are now confronted with the reality of a
>> stricken economy.
>>
>> One senior adviser told The Times that the first few weeks of the
>> transition, immediately after the election, were critical, "so there's
>> not a vast mood swing from exhilaration and euphoria to despair."
>>
>> The aide said that Obama himself was the first to realize that
>> expectations risked being inflated.
>>
>> In an interview with a Colorado radio station, Obama appeared to be
>> engaged already in expectation lowering. Asked about his goals for the
>> first hundred days, he said he would need more time to tackle such big
>> and costly issues as health care reform, global warming and Iraq.
>>
>> "The first hundred days is going to be important, but it's probably
>> going to be the first thousand days that makes the difference," he said.
>> He has also been reminding crowds in recent days how "hard" it will be
>> to achieve his goals, and that it will take time.
>>
>> "I won't stand here and pretend that any of this will be easy --
>> especially now," Obama told a rally in Sarasota, Florida, yesterday,
>> citing "the cost of this economic crisis, and the cost of the war in
>> Iraq." Obama's transition team is headed by John Podesta, a Washington
>> veteran and a former chief-of-staff to Bill Clinton. He has spent months
>> overseeing a virtual Democratic government-in-exile to plan a smooth
>> transition should Obama emerge victorious next week.
>>
>> The plans are so far advanced that an Obama Cabinet has been largely
>> decided upon, with the expectation that most of his senior appointments
>> could be announced shortly after election day.
>>
>> Read the full report at The Times of London
>>
>> Will Rogers often said, "There's nothing quite like money in the bank." He
>> went on to say, "I'm not so concerned about the return on my money as I am
>> about the return of my money."
>>
>>
>>
>> Brad Haslett wrote:
>>     
>>> Hell, I want my vote back now!  No gas or mortgage payments?  No
>>> wonder everyone loves this guy!  Brad
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6ikOxi9yYk
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