For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Obama downplays expectations for Berlin speech.
"I doubt we're gonna have a million screaming Germans," Obama said. Half a million? asked another reporter. "Let's tamp down expectations here," Obama said. "If we get a few tens of thousands..." Obama said he "did not realize - my staff basically just told me that this space is bigger than I realized. So." Asked a reporter: Is that a good thing or a bad thing? "Uh, it's a potentially bad thing if nobody shows up," Obama said, laughing.
Is the Obama campaign making the same mistake Hillary's made: doing a victory lap before the race is decided? Have they so built up expectations for this trip that much like an overhyped movie, there's no way for it to be successful? Could this tour end up being the defining moment in this campaign when Americans see what's really behind the curtain?
