{"id":1145,"date":"2009-04-08T13:57:46","date_gmt":"2009-04-08T18:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/?p=1145"},"modified":"2017-06-20T09:54:11","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T14:54:11","slug":"what-promises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2009\/04\/08\/what-promises\/","title":{"rendered":"What promises?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politifact.com\/truth-o-meter\/promises\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1147\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2009\/04\/08\/what-promises\/attachment\/280_obameter\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/280_obameter.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"280,219\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"280_obameter\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/280_obameter.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/280_obameter.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1147\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"280_obameter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/280_obameter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"219\" \/><\/a>Presidential candidates make a lot of promises, and traditionally they have been able to dodge a lot of responsibility for them once they are elected. The modern media age makes such dodges far harder.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>So how is President Obama doing with the promises he made? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politifact.com\/truth-o-meter\/promises\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Obameter<\/a> from the St. Petersburg Times can help you find out.<\/p>\n<p>The Obameter page tracks more than 500 promises Obama made on the campaign trail and their status from &#8220;kept&#8221; to &#8220;no action&#8221;. Perhaps more importantly, the site provides links to news updates about each promise so you can decide for yourself whether his promises were kept or broken.<\/p>\n<p>With this kind of accounability, future presidents may find that they need to be very careful about the promises they make.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presidential candidates make a lot of promises, and traditionally they have been able to dodge a lot of responsibility for them once they are elected. 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