"This is a big problem for Obama, especially because it was such a major, major promise. He harped on it, time after time, and he created a sense of expectation around the country. This is exactly why people are skeptical of politicians, because change we can believe in is not the same thing as business as usual."
-- Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, who - like everyone else who voted for the "Lightworker" - can't seem to stand the dark (or handle the truth) even in The International Herald Tribune.
Our Uncle Irwin writes in with this:
Imagine the AP writing such a sympathetic story about Bush:
http://tinyurl.com/cj6vze
"I think the Obama folks' intentions were great here," said Ethics watchdog Melanie Sloan. "But sometimes you realize you can't actually govern on just what you campaigned on."
Even Republicans are quoted expressing "realistic" views of the way government works.
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