December 13th, 2011
08:54 PM ET
9 years ago
ANALYSIS: Obama and the politics of disappointment
Washington (CNN) - All politicians disappoint their supporters. It is a relentless truth in D.C.
They make pledges they can't keep, say things they don't mean, and encounter stiff headwinds in office that were just distant breezes on the campaign trail. The bigger their failed promises, the bigger the disappointment.
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Policies back nation's Middle Class Americans, is this disappointment? if so, shame....Obama2012.