Spitting in the Wind

A local Chicago CBS station is reporting that Obama advisors are trying to lower expectations surrounding the Obama presidency.

What you mean he isn't The One (Oprah), The Lightworker (San Francisco Chronicle), or The Messiah (any random Obama rally attendee)? Now Obama's just being compared to FDR and Lincoln (Time Magazine, MSNBC).

Whatever.

The bar is set so high for the man that a NY Elementary School is renaming itself after Obama before the man has even served one day in office.

The media was so uncritically positive about all things Obama during the election that it is arguable this election was one not by Obama but by the media itself.

In some ways I wonder if this won't turn out to be a cruel joke. If expectations are set so high by the media, then isn't it equally the media's fault as well as Obama's when he inevitably fails to meet those expectations as any human would.

I'm not pro-Obama in the slightest but I have to feel a little sorry for him. And of course, I am hoping for the best for the sake of our country.

Still, the media may have dug its own grave for failing to provide the public with accurate information about the presidential candidates.