Obama: 'Modestly optimistic' for deal

politico ^ | 12/28/12 | politico staff

[chiller]

Side issue; you wrote moderately optimistic, which is how I know the phrase. Obeyme said modestly optimistic.

I guess both are common...no ? Yes??? Or did the idiot mispeak ?

[Red6]

I made a mistake, sorry.

I can’t believe that you would think that he made a mistake. We just don’t understand his nuance meaning in this context! From here on out we should all refer to it as “modestly optimistic.”