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...
"Republicans are 20d chessing a Kobayashi Maru"
Oh, how?
"They're saying things to reporters that get uncritically amplified and credulously speculated on ad naseum."
Stop then.
"Well, you see, election year, numbers, technically newsworthy. . ."
