The higher expectations for Democrats, the farther the fall?

Remember how underdog John McCain kept saying he had the ascendant Democrats just where he wanted them? Maybe he had a point. In a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, 56 percent of Americans say they think Democrats will do a better job handling the country’s major challenges in the next few years. Just 23 percent say the same of Republicans. Those are some high expectations in hard times. As ABC News’ Rick Klein said: “The Democrats wanted to be in power, and they’ve gotten their wish. Can these numbers retain anything like their current shape once the reality of an Obama administration confronting manifold big problems sets in?”