nothing annoys me more than the notion of an "expectations game." there is no rule that says journalists must evaluate political events on the basis of expectations set by party apparatchiks. edition.cnn.com/2024/06/26/p...
If the general public has higher expectations for one candidate over the other, there's no need to even discuss which candidate is better. There's only the question of why anyone who holds these expectations would even consider voting for the second candidate once they realize they're doing this.
