MoT
31.10.2008, 11:43
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 harbouring 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.
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In an interview with a Colorado radio station, Mr 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.
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article5051118.ece
Tja, da bleibt wohl in der Realität von dem versprochenen "change" nicht mehr viel übrig - was für eine Überraschung. :D
Sein Steuerkonzept fällt wahrscheinlich als erstes zum Opfer, denn es würde ja Mehrausgaben von >200 Milliarden Dollar bedeuten - schlichtweg nicht umsetzbar im Moment.
Gut für ihn, dass soviele Obama-Wähler schon gewählt haben. ^^
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.
[...]
In an interview with a Colorado radio station, Mr 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.
[...]
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article5051118.ece
Tja, da bleibt wohl in der Realität von dem versprochenen "change" nicht mehr viel übrig - was für eine Überraschung. :D
Sein Steuerkonzept fällt wahrscheinlich als erstes zum Opfer, denn es würde ja Mehrausgaben von >200 Milliarden Dollar bedeuten - schlichtweg nicht umsetzbar im Moment.
Gut für ihn, dass soviele Obama-Wähler schon gewählt haben. ^^