I have a problem with the way they track the promises kept vs the promises broken they heavily weigh the kept by individually things which were already in the works and he had no real control or part in making them happen yet he gets the credit because he mentioned them once. Many are also hard to measure and are essentially meaningless because nothing has been done just promised and announced. Some examples of meaningless and have lead to nothing being done yet

But the bigger picture is what they Left out of his broken promises list and WHY? and the weight of the broken promises when compaired with the ones they list as kept.

I don't have all day to spend on this and there are MANY more.

Such as:

Let's start with the what he calls his first act as President

Day One

"The first thing I'd do as president is sign the Freedom of Choice Act. That's the first thing I'd do."

Here is a big one (strange they don't list this on broken promises)

He's mentioned dozens of time cutting spending in debates and on the campaign trail.

Cutting Spending












Recess Appointments

Yet he continues with the process.

"eliminate capital gains taxes for small businesses."

"New American jobs tax credit"

"Hiatus on 401(k) penalties"

$4,000 college credit

FISA

Said:

"will support a filibuster of any bill that includes retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies.”

Happened:

“Given the legitimate threats we face, providing effective intelligence collection tools with appropriate safeguards is too important to delay. So I support the compromise, but do so with a firm pledge that as president, I will carefully monitor the program.”

Nuclear Energy

“I am not a nuclear energy proponent.” Barack Obama, December 30, 2007

Public Financing

“If I am the Democratic nominee, I will aggressively pursue an agreement with the Republican nominee to preserve a publicly financed general election.” Also, a Common Cause questionnaire dated November 27, 2007, asked “If you are nominated for President in 2008 and your major opponents agree to forgo private funding in the general election campaign, will you participate in the presidential public financing system?”, Obama checked, “Yes.”

Online

"Instead of allowing lobbyists to slip big corporate tax breaks into bills during the dead of night, we will make sure every single tax break and earmark is available to every American online."

Just a few more

"I'll make oil companies like Exxon pay a tax on their windfall profits, and we'll use the money to help families pay for their skyrocketing energy costs and other bills."

"If we see money being misspent, we're going to put a stop to it, and we will call it out and we will publicize it."

"We can no longer accept a process that doles out earmarks based on a member of Congress's seniority, rather than the merit of the project."

"Barack Obama and Joe Biden believe the United States has to be frank with the Chinese about such failings and will press them to respect human rights."