The Hype Cycle is a great term coined by analyst firm Gartner Group to describe the life cycle of a new technology as it is introduced into the marketplace.
“The Hype Cycle highlights the progression of an emerging technology from market over enthusiasm through a period of disillusionment to an eventual understanding of the technology’s relevance and role in a market or domain.â€
Back in December, I wrote a post about Barack Obama and the Hype Cycle that essentially said that he was at the “over enthusiasm” stage. Today, eight months later, Barack has moved well beyond that, and now he is entering his “period of disillusionment”
DRUDGE is flashing tonight that Hillary Clinton has opened a 22 point lead against Obama. This is not surprising given his string of recent missteps. Here is a partial list,
His desire to leave Iraq yesterday.
And attack Pakistan tomorrow.
Pushing coal-to-liquid energy while campaigning as a certified global warming believer.
His tendency towards banal, empty rhetoric at the expense of substance.
All of this adds up to Barack’s current predicament, his “period of disillusionment”. According to Gartner, the next step in the Hype Cycle is, “an eventual understanding of the technology’s relevance and role in a market or domain.” In this case, remove the word “technology” and replace it with “candidate”.
Barack Obama is someone whose experience has yet to catch up to his ambition. The guy simply isn’t ready for the job and the more he is exposed during the campaign, the more it shows.