01.26.09
Four days in office, at least five promises kept, 495 to go
It’s been about four full business days since Barack Obama took office. How’s he doing so far? Well with a 67% approval rating, an Executive Order to close the GITMO Torture Enhanced Interrogation Indefinite Detention Center in Guantanimo Bay , Cuba…you know, our friendly Communist neighbors a few clicks south of Florida in no later than one year, a Presidential Memorandum to temporarily freeze all military tribunals conducted at the facility, a complete reversal on the Bush energy abuses policies, appointment of a special peace envoy to the Middle East with a proven track record of diplomacy in those situations, reversing the policies of withholding funding from any AIDS organizations that used anything other than abstinence only education as preventative measures, and an EO releasing the presidential records to the public by reversing a policy started by the Bush administration once Rent-Boy Gannon was exposed, I’d say we’re off to a good start!
The good fact-checking folks at PolitiFact.com have started a new program called the Obameter to track How he’s doing on fulfilling those lofty campaign promises. So far so good from there too!
Scorecard as of 1-26-09
PolitiFact has compiled about 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.
via PolitiFact | The Obameter: Tracking Barack Obamas Campaign Promises.
