The two common definitions of "expect" mean confusion like this is unfortunately common. There is "To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something

The two common definitions of "expect" mean confusion like this is unfortunately common. There is "To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come;" and "To consider obligatory or required." I "expect" the Obama administration to value the spirit of the constitution (using the second sense of the word), but I do not "expect" it (using the first). Many people also expected or continue to expect it in the first sense.