ObamaMeter update: Promises kept

By GottaLaff

I posted about this site a few days ago. Here's an update:

No. 125: Direct military leaders to end war in Iraq

On "my first day in office, I would give the military a new mission: ending this war".

No. 239: Release presidential records

"Will nullify the Bush attempts to make the timely release of presidential records more difficult."

No. 241: Require new hires to sign a form affirming their hiring was not due to political affiliation or contributions.

"Will issue an executive order asking all new hires at the agencies to sign a form affirming that no political appointee offered them the job solely on the basis of political affiliation or contribution."

No. 427: Ban lobbyist gifts to executive employees

"Barack Obama will issue an executive order banning registered lobbyists or lobbying firms from giving gifts in any amount or any form to executive branch employees."

No. 503: Appoint at least one Republican to the cabinet

Interview with Steve Kroft of "60 Minutes": Question: "Will there be Republicans in the Cabinet?" Obama: "Yes." Question: "More than one?" Obama: "You're not getting any more out of me."

14 more promises are "in the works". One is "stalled", and there has been one "compromise". None have been broken.

This is what "mission accomplished" really means.

Promises, promises

By GottaLaff

Via Ambinder, we see that P.E. Obama is not even officially president yet, but he's already kept two promises:

The St. Petersburg Times's PolitiFact has compiled a list of 498 promises. Two have been fulfilled even before the inauguration -- one -- that $3,000 tax cut -- is stalled.

Here's the short version:

Tracking Obama’s promises

• Promise Kept 2

• Compromise 0

• Promise Broken 0

• Stalled 1

• In the Works 9

• No Action 498

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.

There are 26 pages of promises, each with a little image like the ones below:

No. 59: Invest in electronic health information systems

"Invest $10 billion a year over the next five years to move the U.S. health care system to broad adoption of standards-based electronic health information systems, including electronic health records."

No. 503: Appoint at least one Republican to the cabinet

Interview with Steve Kroft of "60 Minutes": Question: "Will there be Republicans in the Cabinet?" Obama: "Yes." Question: "More than one?" Obama: "You're not getting any more out of me."