Auditing President Obama

Since moving to San Francisco I've been missing the political dialogue in which I used to engage while working back in DC. I was recently surfing through the website of my old digs over at National Journal when I came across a droolfully compelling section that they have neatly labeled as The Promise Audit. The summary reads:

"As memories of the campaign trail fade, it’s easy to forget some of the more than 200 promises made by Barack Obama. Use the directory below to follow along as NationalJournal.com reporters track progress made by the Obama administration in keeping its word to Americans."

I'll admit that I'm as hardcore an Obama supporter as the old black man who lived through Jim Crow south and was blessed enough to see her black president inaugurated; however as with anyone, we should certainly nurture circumspect thinking coupled with the desire to keep him honest. I do have faith that Obama will stick by his campaign promises and meet the American people (at least) half way if not more, but we'll see.

The funny thing was that as I surfed through some of these "campaign quotes", I could still hear the passion, conviction, even the inflection of then Senator Obama's voice. Since then, high hopes have dissolved into a necessity for practical application and now it's time to either put up, or prove correct those who said that our President is "just a bunch of words".

In assuming that most of you are relatively RSS savvy, I strongly recommend that you add Obama's Campaign Promises to your reader as it'll just automatically update for you.