Obviously.

Via The Hill:

White House press secretary Jay Carney admitted Thursday that White House officials expected enrollments in the ObamaCare health exchanges to be low in the first month.

“If you’re asking me if enrollment will be low, the answer is ‘yes,’ ” Carney told reporters on Thursday.

The White House press secretary conceded that technical issues plaguing the ObamaCare website were partially to blame for his low expectations. But he also said that it was “always going to be the case” that the exchanges would struggle to sign up new enrollees in the first week.

Carney pointed to Massachusetts, where the president spoke on Wednesday, to downplay expectations. In that state, only 123 enrollees signed up in the first month health plans were offered. One fifth of eventual enrollees added coverage in the last month insurance was available.

The administration has thus far declined to say how many individuals have successfully signed up for coverage, promising only a monthly update in the middle of November.