"I may be the only politician who found that things were exactly as bad as he said they were," Mr. Pattison now says, with regret.
"The prediction was that they wouldn't be so helpful toward strangers, but they were exactly as nice to the strangers as they were to the cage mates," Bartal said.
Throughout campaign 2012, he kept declaring his love for an "all-of-the-above" energy policy, where apparently oil and natural gas were exactly as virtuous as sun and wind.
Watching the bubbly gymnast win two Olympic gold medals, Ms. Hernandez, 40, whose previous workouts were exactly as daredevil as her home elliptical machine, said she thought, "God, it would be so cool if I could try something like that".
Even so, the apples that emerged six hours later (they were done after two, but bobbed in the water for another four without complaint) were exactly as hoped for: tender, almost custardy, infused with butter and sweet juice but not at all overcooked.
House GOP leadership aides dismissed the idea that having 62 members of their own conference vote against the bill was significant, telling reporters Republican votes were exactly as expected.
