'Obameter' keeps track of Obama campaign promisesAs President Barack Obama settles into the White House, the Obameter is watching. The Obameter is what the St. Petersburg Times
The St. Petersburg Times is a daily newspaper based in St. Petersburg, Florida, that serves the larger Tampa Bay area. calls its online tracker of whether Obama fulfills his campaign promises. The Florida newspaper has compiled a list of some 500 promises the Democrat made during the presidential campaign and is tracking their progress on the Obameter at politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises. Three days after being sworn into office, the website lists seven Obama promises as "Kept" -- among them pledges to release presidential records, appoint at least one Republican to the cabinet and ban gifts from lobbyists. One campaign promise is listed as "Stalled," while 14 are "In the Works" and "No Action" has been taken on 488 others. Among those "In the Works" is a plan to close the Guantanamo Bay Noun 1. Guantanamo Bay - an inlet of the Caribbean Sea; a United States naval station was established on the bay in 1903 bay, embayment - an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf detention center A detention center or a detention centre is any location used for detention. Specifically, it can mean:
the young of the canine species; usually used up to the age of 12 months. fading puppy syndrome see fading kitten/puppy syndrome. puppy pyoderma see impetigo. . The Obameter is a follow-up to the newspaper's popular "Truth-O-Meter," which rates the veracity veracity (v  ras´itē),n of claims by politicians. 
|
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion