People were composed, resolute, disappointed, but far from shocked.
But as surely as cynics are disappointed romantics, far too many rosés fail to meet the test.
She is not disappointed: ?So far, everything has been a positive surprise?, she says.
While it may be organizational leaders and bloggers who are publicly articulating the grievances of disappointed progressives, far more worrisome for Gibbs & Co. should be the disaffection of people who turned out enthusiastically in 2008 but have had little to cheer about since.
Petrobras Disappoints For all its promise, Brazil's oil bounty has so far disappointed investors.
Azerbaijan, where drilling is more advanced than in Kazakhstan, has so far disappointed oilmen by yielding up mostly natural gas.
Mrs Merkel, whose coalition government has so far disappointed voters, wins plaudits when she takes a tough line against errant euro members and scorn when she seems soft.
The children's film gained only mixed reviews when it debuted before Christmas, and has so far disappointed commercially, returning only $83m globally, against a production budget of around $150m.
The other presidential candidates - Hillary Clinton, in particular - have so far disappointed environmental activists by shying away from promising aggressive action to deal with America's contribution to climate change.
About to set out on one cable-laying attempt, he recalled, "When I thought of all we had passed through, of the hopes thus far disappointed, of the friends saddened by our reverses, of the few that remained to sustain us, I felt a load at my heart almost too heavy to bear, though my confidence was firm and my determination fixed".
