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OPINION: 100 Days: Biggest Promises Kept, Broken

Written by News One on April 29, 2009 1:25 pm

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From Politfact.com:

For the final installment in our coverage of President Barack Obama’s first 100 days, we decided to look at the 514 campaign promises in our Obameter database and choose two — one Kept and one Broken — that we consider the most significant because they illustrate the early accomplishments and setbacks of his presidency.

Choosing them wasn’t easy. We convened a meeting of the PolitiFact staff and quickly got into a spirited discussion about which ones deserve top status. We wrestled with whether we should choose one involving troop withdrawal from Iraq, which was the signature issue in his early campaign. He’s made two key promises on that topic and we debated whether his early steps to end the war should be our No. 1 Promise Kept.

But after a lively back-and-forth, we decided the collapse of the economy had so drastically changed the political landscape for Obama that we needed a promise tied to the economy and his stimulus package. So here are the two we chose:

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CHECK OUT ALL OF OUR 100 DAYS COVERAGE HERE.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Nemesis1980/ Nemesis1980

    To me he has done far more than President Bush did in 8-year term….I mean when the economic system and Wall Street first started to melt, President indeed stood there and did nothing, his main focus was on terrorism, not seeing over the economic system, because Bush thought it was best to defend our country, which lead to some neglect on certain things, such as health care, the poor, education, and etc. Only thing I have against Obama is that he is protecting the banks and insurance companies instead of the auto workers and the retirees…that’s about it…..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/vhtoscorpio/ vhtoscorpio

    Not surprising, (the fact): All things continue, as in the past! Racism still abounds, if not more prevalent! The man is the (supposedly) most powerful person in the world, and yet for all his accomplishments, and attempts to be a positive force for good, his efforts seem to meet stiff resistance, even during these turbulent economic times. It seems that, good will alone is insufficient, to the task, he has accepted. (running this Great Country) I’m sure he will come to regret being naive enough to believe that, in the Great Country the spectrum of racism will ever be vanquished!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/vhtoscorpio/ vhtoscorpio

    He said that, he would try to develop, a “bi partisan coalition” and his efforts to accomplish that goal, have been impressive. He said he wanted to address the educational opportunities afforded to American youth, and I believe he has put forth a good faith effort here as well. He said that he would have as his main objective, addressing the economic down-turn in the American economy, and as anyone can see, he has, and continues to, put a lot of energy into this as well!! One has only to look at his face, and there note the stress!

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