First 100 Days: Obama and the big picture
By marrying much of his domestic agenda to the economic stimulus plan, Obama used the urgency of the financial crisis to pass many of his ideas. But others have stalled.
By marrying much of his domestic agenda to the economic stimulus plan, Obama used the urgency of the financial crisis to pass many of his ideas. But others have stalled.
After yesterday's look at the promises President Barack Obama has kept, we now examine the promises he has broken.
Obama promised to eliminate income taxes for seniors earning less than $50,000. But there's been no action and he didn't even mention it in a Tax Day speech.
As Obama nears the 100th day of his presidency, we select the 25 most significant promises and review where they stand on our Obameter.
To keep a campaign promise, the president launches a coordinated program for "seamless" records to follow troops from the military to the VA.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates tries to put a fork in the F-22. Will Congress agree?
Obama makes progress on nuclear arms negotiations, but also he gets a Promise Broken on the Armenian genocide.
The latest mailbag finds readers who don't like compromise, a few who do, and a bit of fan mail.
Our readers ask for an accounting on a new cigarette tax. We add a promise and rate it Compromise.
The GOP budget proposal doesn't include estimates of revenues or expenses.
Seven of the 10 are at least In the Works, including our latest update on green jobs.
Obama says the Model T got better mileage than today's SUV. Maybe so, but is that the best way to think about fuel efficiency?