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Kim Soffen, President Obama, Promises Compromised, Promises Kept, Promises Not Kept, The Washington Post
The Washington Post in an article written by Kim Soffen has just posted an article about 40 Obama’s promises, which ones were kept, which ones were broken, and which ones were compromised.
A quick summary says:
Promises Broken – 17
Promises Kept – 11
Promises Compromised – 12
There is a good deal of information in the article, and it can be accessed by the three categories above and/or by subject category (economy, health care, energy, immigration, national security, government process, etc.).
No matter your view and feelings about Pres. Obama and also about the Washington Post, I think this article is a fair attempt at evaluating his promises and what happened with them by the end of his eight years in the White House. My wife Ellen, who followed Pres. Obama carefully on the issues of governmental process and often called him out on his failures to follow through on those specific promises, thinks the article is accurate in the areas she knows much about.
See: After Eight Years, Here Are the Promises Obama Kept – and the Ones He Didn’t.
Land Wayland said:
Obama did set a large number (for a President) of specific quantifiable goals, and achieved most of them in whole or in part. This looks pretty good to me, especially considering how important some of them were (like nuclear weapon and Federal Reserve items).
I hope the Post does a similar article to lay out Trump’s political agenda (health care, immigration etc) and his personal agenda (eg take revenge on certain individuals and organizations, keep personal control of his business empire). If this is done fairly, it will give everyone a way to keep tabs on this administration and help ensure that nothing gets lost or forgotten or warped.
Carrie said:
Good article. The one item that I disagree with is the one saying that science and math improvement in schools. Our schools are way behind in all subjects. We are 24th in the world. Even Iran is significantly ahead of us in literacy.