Obama Tries To Lower Expectations For Denver Speech

LA Times:

Expect more of this as the Democratic convention week kicks into gear : Republicans heightening expectations for what will transpire (hoping they can then crow about their rivals falling short); Barack Obama and his team lowering expectations (hoping they will then exceed them).

The Ticket took note previously of the outrageously over-the-top public memo from the John McCain camp predicting a conclave where harmony will reign (among Democrats?), Obama will deliver an acceptance speech for the ages and he'll get the biggest post-convention "bounce" in the polls witnessed since 1992.

On Saturday, efforts by the almost official Democratic presidential nominee and one of his top aides were in full swing to tamp down such talk and minimize what the convention will achieve.

Read the whole story: LA Times

Comments

[Xenopus]

Well, at least the Democratic speeches should be semi-interesting with Obama, Biden, Hillary, Bill, Tape from Ted Kennedy.

Can you image listening to speeches from McCain, Bush, Cheney, Lieberman, Guilliani.­......groa­n.........­..

[rwe]

Gotta wonder whos speeches Biden will use

[SMP]

you love to be an a**


McCain copied from Wikipedia on his speech about Georgia...­........an­d that cross story is a lie...copied from a famous book written before McCains POW time

[rollingdivision]

He should at surpass the great speech on race with his convention speech, minimum.

[tompoe]

Predictions by republicans definitely meet the expectations we've all come to count on. Tax cuts lead to job creation is one example, and we know how that went. These folks are just not content to rest on their ill-conceived notions of how they view Americans. We call republicans "The Mouths".

[lunchbag]

Of interest, Obama's speech in Berlin before appox. 260,000 people was in s set between two of Germany's hottest rock artists in a free music concert, So along with (2) rock stars, Germans got to hear Obama

[DAVESEAN]

SO WHY DIDN'T THE GERMANS LEAVE BEFORE OBAMA'S SPEECH.....UR PROFILE NAME GIVES U AWAY....ALL U THINK ABOUT IS FOOD
PAID-MCBUS­H-TROLLER- LUNCH-BAG
IT SEEMS U RETHUGS REALLY WISH IT WAS MCBUSH IN GERMANY GETTING THAT SORT OF RECEPTION
POOR RETHUGS,OBAMA GOT 75,000 PEOPLE IN OREGON
MCBUSH GOT 200 OLD PEOPLE IN A LITTLE ROOM
WHEN RETHUGS MAKES SOME MUCH NOISE,A DEMOCRAT MUST BE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT

[terragazelle60]

There was music, but no concert ...the interviews I saw was of people some Europeans and some American citizens that were there because of Obama... so the sour grapes is silly. Even the newspapers and politicians of Germany and France, who did not have the carrot of a concert treated him like a head of state...how he was treated had nothing to do with what he expected, but with the foreign dignitaries. But then McCain, when he went in March..."crickets".

[Nolewoman]

No, what you have to say is of no interest at all. Of interest would be the truth, not more of your talking point lies.

[dm92]

They were there because everyone wants to love America and they see some hope of a loveable (to foreigners) America reemerging with a sane, intelligent person as president. Nothing more, nothing less.

[JackND]

Well, they aren't talking about the filled stadium, they're talking about the bounce. It's simply a reply to the audacity of Mc'Cain presuming to declare the measure for what constitutes success.

[kellygrrrl]

anyone watch CSPAN and see all the Dem Convention speeches last night?

boy, those Kennedy boys sure could deliver!

I think I'll keep my expectations exactly where they are, thank you

[Okieborn]

Mccain =Bush would have to use some of Cindy's Millions to pay a crowd to fill a 76,000 stadium !!!

[kellygrrrl]

round up the servants

[poco767b]

You cannot sell out a 76,000 seater arena and then try to tamp down expectations.

[kellygrrrl]

remember when he tried to lower expectations for the Germany speech?

[terragazelle60]

He was afraid he would not have enough people to fill the space...he said he was really nervous about it.
As far as the concerts? Just what bands have ever brought 200,000+ people to a concert? Those Germans must really love their bands.