The Lowering of Expectations Begins

The headline in the Boston Globe today was: Heavy load for Obama.

Uh, isn't the load exactly the same load that President Bush is carrying?

And, President Bush has to contend with a nasty Congressional leadership.

And, President Bush has to deal with a hostile media.

The Boston Globe is already lowering expectations for the affirmative action hire.

The absence of the "heavy load" empathy for President Bush might mean that President Bush made carrying the load look easy. Of course, someone with a record of accomplishment would make the difficult look easy.

I can definitely see how someone with no record of accomplishment might think the load "is above his pay grade".

I'm working on a substantial race relations post (gee, what else is new) but there are so many ideas and numbers that it's going to take me until Saturday to finalize.