Article snippet: Several rank-and-file Democrats in the House are feeling deflated over former special counsel MORE's public testimony, with some blaming the media and their own party for overhyping hearings they say fell short of expectations. While many Democrats publicly heralded Mueller’s testimony before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees as a resounding success, some privately expressed disappointment in his, at times, shaky performance, the brevity of his answers and the lack of a big moment that would have shifted the electorate's sentiment on whether MORE was guilty of obstruction. “Remember, I spent months trying to tell people that there will be no headlines out of this,” Rep. MORE (D-Conn.), a member of the Intelligence Committee, told The Hill. “Quite frankly, I think it was both the Democrats and the media that sort of created this narrative that there was going to be some bombshell from Bob Mueller, there is going to be a bombshell from his deputies — there is not going to be a bombshell from him.” Mueller, who avoided reading direct passages of his report, largely described the findings of his report in one-word answers — if he chose to answer at all. And while Democrats recognized Mueller would not go beyond the four corners of his report, they also became more proactive in seeking to temper expectations about his testimony in the days leading up to the hearings. Those warnings, however, did not adequately counter the high expectations placed on the ... Link to the full article to read more