Expecting politicians to be dishonest and venal is letting them off the hook.

A perpetual system of debt, and here we are expecting politicians to solve that problem as well - bit sad really.

Who expects politicians with Italian surnames to speak up every time the Gottis hit the headlines?

Why expect politicians to waste precious time on complex problems?

A Senate aide put the blame on the National Science Foundation, saying the agency was unfair in expecting politicians to pull back suddenly on promises to constituents.

I don't expect politicians from Britain and France to understand, and I don't expect their politics to bring peace here.

How reasonable is it to expect bureaucrats and politicians to rescue every child who may be failing, in part, because his parents pay no attention to his studies?

People of faith do not expect Democratic politicians to quote the Bible every time they state a position.

Big business lose a lot of money adhering to low carbon technology, so I'm assuming they expect politicians of the party they're funding to fight their corner.

It will have the power to summon witnesses, and Cameron said that he expected politicians and newspaper proprietors to be called to give evidence.