No, he can’t

La inevitable decepción generalizada y desinfle de la obamamanía:

Political scientists have a term for the vast distance between what the public expects of the president and what he can realistically deliver: the "expectations gap." And no presidential candidate in living memory has done as much as Obama to stoke public expectations for the office—which were insanely high to begin with.

"Yes we can!" was the preferred hosanna of hope in the revival-tent atmosphere of the Obama campaign. We can, Obama promised, create a "new kind of politics," "end the age of oil in our time," deliver "a complete transformation of the economy," and even "create a kingdom right here on earth." With the presidency, it seems, all things are possible.