INDEED: After Barack Obama hype, a backlash.

No human being can meet the wildly inflated expectations that accompany the rookie senator’s every move. It can’t help that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Obama “a leader that God has blessed us with at this time.”

That’s the kind of remark that can turn voters into problems. Most Americans famously resent being told an election is over months before the polls open or that God is taking sides. . . . While McCain has complained about media favoritism toward Obama, most recently about NBC News’ tilted coverage, maybe he ought to encourage it. Resentment over the media love affair with Obama might be McCain’s most powerful weapon. The fawning coverage exaggerates even routine Obama events, and when he fails to meet giddy expectations, the excuse machine warps into overtime. That, in turn, creates another unappealing layer of media-imposed conventional wisdom.

I think that’s right.