“This president goes into office with more expectations than any president I can ever remember in my lifetime.-2008”

— Nancy Pelosi

[Dan Reed, Obama Has Much to Do Before Even Taking Office, USA Today, November 6, 2008 1B, 2008-11-08]
2000s

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