If you’re Obama and you’ve lost Dana Milbank at the Washington Post, you’ve lost America

Obama the demigod comes down to Earth

It was quite a comedown from that heady night in Denver four years ago when Obama accepted the nomination in front of about 80,000 at Invesco Field. The candidate, on a stage set resembling a Greek temple, spoke about remaking the nation and the world.

The demigod turned out to be entirely human, and his results were disappointing. On Thursday night, as Obama admitted to “failings,” Democrats who dreamed of the biggest and the best in 2008 were learning to accept good enough.

With Obama in the White House, what we have now is "As Good As It Gets." But this is real life and there's nothing funny or endearing about it.