the kicker

Expect-acle

January 19, 2009

Expectations for Barack Obama’s inauguration speech tomorrow are, apparently:

Monumental,” CNN

Great,” ABC News

“High”, Detroit Free Press

Lofty“, San Francisco Chronicle

Pressure’s on. MSNBC has even rolled out (insta-gravitas!) cursive-font’d graphics for its reporting of “The Inauguration of Barack Obama.”

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So, better be good (as Malia Obama reportedly told her dad last week).

Liz Cox Barrett is a writer at CJR.