Who had expectations?

Because everyone was expecting so much from Condi Rice and the US's middle east policy?

(AP) "U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice played down expectations for breakthroughs as she opened a critical round of Mideast shuttle diplomacy Sunday and warned Israel against moves that might erode confidence in the process."

(Reuters) ""I don't expect ... that there will be any particular outcome in the sense of breakthroughs on the document," Rice told reporters as she flew to Tel Aviv from Moscow.

"I would just warn in advance not to expect that, because this is really a work in progress....."

Update: (AP) "Obstacles stall Rice's Mideast diplomacy"