A political site that tracks Obama's promises:

[Pisces]

This is a great site that is keeping track of all the campaign promises and what the Administration has done so far. I think this would be a good tool for people to bookmark since there is so much criticism of Pres. Obama on this board for promises not kept.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/

The Obameter: Tracking Obama's Campaign Promises

The Obameter Scorecard
Promise Kept
20
Compromise
6
Promise Broken
3
Stalled
4
In the Works
48
No Action
432
PolitiFact has compiled more than 500 promises that Barack Obama made during the campaign and is tracking their progress on our Obameter.

We rate their status as No Action, In the Works or Stalled. Once we find action is completed, we rate them Promise Kept, Compromise or Promise Broken.

The report card at right provides an up-to-the-minute tally of all the promises.

Other ways to browse the Obameter

All promises
PolitiFact's Top 10 Promises
By Subject
Economy
Energy
Military
Taxes

[pleah]

1. K&R Bookmarked.

Thanks!:)

[Skittles]

2. not bad for a couple months

[Zodiak]

3. True

So far, it is an overall very good record...at least by the numbers.

[tbyg52]

4. Not bad at all.

And I say that, along with things that worry me.

[Skittles]

5. yes

I hear you

[guruoo]

6. If I knew back then what I know about him now...

I would have supported him in the primaries.

[MadMaddie]

7. Those are pretty good numbers

What I would like to see is a comparison between the previous administration and the current one. Those would be interesting factoids.

[indimuse]

20. That

WOULD be interesting! :)

[tavalon]

8. No action on 432!

What's he been doing? Spending all of his time vacationing!!!!!!

:sarcasm: for the humor impaired

God couldn't have done much better in 70 days!

[FrenchieCat]

9. I'm hip!

If he moves any slower, he'll be moving backwards.

That lazy dawg! :sarcasm:

[tavalon]

11. Actually, when I saw what he did in the first couple of weeks,

I needed a nap. Yeah, there have been a few appointments I haven't liked, a few appointments that should have happened but didn't and I'm damn nervous about Wall Street but dayum, this guy doesn't rest and a lot of what he's done has been good stuff.

[tavalon]

10. I've bookmarked this as well

[burythehatchet]

12. There was only one promise that mattered to me

"I won't be beholden to special interests"

FAIL.

[swishyfeet]

13. It's a little early to come to that conclusion don't you think?

There are a lot of complex problems out there and it's likely some of the decisions he makes will not be in YOUR best interest. Let's be honest here, your interests are probably "special" to someone else.

It's easy to call someone a corporate whore, but will you be here thanking him or apologizing when he makes choices that benefit you - or that you approve of?

Probably not.

[Prophet 451]

14. Decent start

Now, there's a few decisions and appointments in there that I don't agree with but that's to be expected. Quite a lot is "in the works" but that's normal for the legislative process. Considering he's only just over two months in, that's a pretty decent record.

[Number23]

15. KnR. Glad you made this into an OP. Like I said, the naysayers will have to up their game now

:)

[geek tragedy]

16. No, they'll do their usual.

Ignore the good and harp on the bad and exaggerate the bad and claim the bad is proof of bad faith on his part, thus eliminating the need to give him credit for the good.

Rinse, repeat, congratulate self for purity.

[Number23]

17. You mean like this?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8304693#8307000

But it's worth reading the inanity that is that post to read the response to it from Tarc. Absolutely classic. It's times like this that the :rofl: and :applause: smilies still don't adequately convey the appropriate depth of appreciation.

:)

[dcindian]

18. No lefties allowed.

ok deal

Just wanted to add.

I like Obama I disagree positionally with him on the issue of war and torture. If I am not allowed to hold those values and post then too bad for the dems. Enjoy your mini freeper dump because that is how they ran off all their moderate (left of Hitler) members.


DU not for lefties.

O.K. deal

[geek tragedy]

23. Funny, I can only read Tarc's response.

I wonder why that is? :)

[Window]

19. Has there ever been a scorecard like this for any other president

two (2) months into a presidency? Hmmmm.

[vaberella]

21. Not that I know of. But he's Black you know, that means he gets special treatment. n/t

[namahage]

22. Works great if you look at each promise on its own.

Not so good with aggregates--since, for instance, "Pushing for a college football playoff system" is given as much weight as "Closing Guantanamo Bay"--that all promises are considered equal. (Although, for all I know, a system breaking the BCS stranglehold might be a major issue for some.)

Still, it's great to see how much Obama has done, and how many things are in the works, and it hasn't even been 100 days yet.